Why Share Data?
Why is sharing data important for the industry? Cost savings are the most obvious benefit from data sharing. When CDA was set up in 1993, for example, we discovered that at least Read More
The present is the key to the past
The Principle of Uniformitarianism states that the causes and rates of geologic processes that are in operation today are the same as those that existed in the geologic past. Reefs Read More
The transparent imperative
The oil and gas industry is seen by and large with great scepticism by the American and European public, and are often painted as a bunch of fat cats who Read More
Hearing with light!
Most people are familiar with the use of fibre optic cables in the communications industry. Light is shone into an optical fibre and, using the property of total internal reflection, Read More
The Levantine Basin: Prospects and pitfalls
Less than ten years ago there was almost no interest in exploration in the Mediterranean. Now the Levantine Basin, stretching from Egypt across to Turkey, is the site of the Read More
Shale gas: Promises, challenges and global implications
“Several times in the past we have thought that we were running out of oil, when actually we were running out of ideas.” Professor Parke A. Dickey, University of Tulsa Read More
The canadian driller: A life in oil
My father, Herbert ‘Bert’ John Blanche, was born in Montreal, Quebec on the 16th of September, 1909. His father, Edwin Josiah Thomas Blanche, had served with distinction in the Canadian Read More
Alaska north slope: Source rocks hold promise
In Alaska’s October 2010 lease sale, Great Bear Petroleum surprised just about everyone by winning 105 tracts covering over 2,000 km. directly south of the Prudhoe Bay Complex (see GEO Read More
Oil prices under pressure
Oil prices came under heavy pressure in the first weeks of April. Weaker-than-expected macroeconomic data from the US and somewhat disappointing growth figures from China in the first quarter contributed Read More
South Sudan: “The Oil is Now Flowing”
After a 15-month stalemate, South Sudan has announced it is to resume oil production, ending a bitter row with former civil war foe and neighbour Sudan and marking a major Read More
Insights from space!
Recent offshore gas discoveries have renewed interest in the Eastern Mediterranean region and its reassessment for hydrocarbon potential. In order to develop a detailed geological understanding of a region, and Read More
Ready to explore the offshore Arctic?
To unlock the vast, technically recoverable oil and gas resources that are attracting international oil companies to the Arctic will take Herculean effort. For example, Shell has spent billions of Read More
Folds and folding – Part I
Folds, faults and joints are the main types of structural deformation in the Earth’s crustal rocks. Of these, folds often create the most spectacular geological scenes. Petroleum exploration has historically Read More
Don’t wake up Mungibeddu!
‘Mungibeddu’ (‘the mountain’ in the Sicilian dialect) has impressive credentials. It is a candidate to join UNESCO‘s World Heritage list, and was designated as a ‘Decade Volcano’ by the International Read More
A stitch in time!
A cross section of Norway By assembling and merging a fragmented dataset of 3D seismic, it is possible to release the hydrocarbon potential of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Putting the Read More
Publish What you Pay
The petroleum industry works in countries throughout the world, including those with political and economic instability and low levels of development. This can bring it into difficult or ambiguous moral Read More
The UK West Central Graben: A broadband seismic perspective
To see the full seismic lines please download our PDF for the print issue available through this link: GEO ExPro Vol. 10 No. 3 New insights with broadband data New seismic Read More
Something worth arguing about
Commissioned by TNO, a Dutch independent research company who strive to ‘connect people with knowledge’, the European Shale Gas Argument ‘map’ is essentially a diagram which details arguments both for Read More
A workflow for success in shales
As with conventional plays, the economic case for developing and producing an unconventional field is based on how much resource exists, whether it is gas or oil, and how much Read More
Will Lebanon be the next oil province?
MegaSurvey Key to Understanding Prospectivity The Ministry of Energy and Water of the Republic of Lebanon opened their first bid round on 2 May 2013 with a closing date of Read More
Broadband seismic technology and beyond – Part III: The interaction between ocean waves and recorded seismic data
“There’s nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater, you realise that you’ve been missing the Read More