Mapping the Seafloor
GEBCO plans a comprehensive mapping of the entire ocean floor. It has been said that our present world view and comprehension of the Earth’s processes is a direct result of Read More
Exploring Rockall
A Renaissance or a Dark Age? The increasing maturity of the North Sea is forcing explorers west, towards the frontier Northern Atlantic Margin in search of the next oil province. Read More
The ‘Gatwick Gusher’ – Fact or Fiction?
The Horse Hill discovery in England lies in an area considered rich in hydrocarbons but which has been ignored for decades. With the help of geologist Chris Pullan we look Read More
The Namibe Basin: a clearer Image
The Namibe Basin Compelling seismic evidence for a significant unexploited hydrocarbon province located offshore southern Angola. The Namibe Basin represents a significant unexploited hydrocarbon province located offshore southern Angola (Figure Read More
Exploration Update – USA
Mississippi Canyon Discovery On 28 July 2016, Shell announced that it had made a hydrocarbon discovery with the Fort Sumter discovery well (G08831 1), situated in the 23 km2 Mississippi Read More
Was the Mozambique Channel Once Scattered with Islands?
The geological history of the Davie Ridge tells us how tectonic, erosional and climatic forces shaped this part of the earth, pushing the mountains of west Madagascar, which once abutted Read More
Codes and Ciphers – PART II
Guest Contributors: Johan O. A. Robertsson and Dirk-Jan Van Manen (ETH Zurich, Institute of Geophysics). Editors: Lasse Amundsen and Martin Landrø. Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and Read More
Exploration Update – Angola
Another Pre-Salt Find Since the Cameia discovery in 2012 confirmed the presence of an expansive pre-salt hydrocarbon reservoir in the deepwater offshore Angola, there has been a continuing flow of Read More
Activity Picking Up in 2017
The sanctioning of new projects is expected to pick up in the North Atlantic Between 2010 and 2014 activity on the North Atlantic region was at an all-time high, reaching Read More
Finding More Gaveas in the Campos Basin and Beyond the Salt Domes…
A complete regional picture First exploration efforts in the Campos Basin began in 1968. The giant Albacora and Marlim fields were found in the mid-1980s and by 2003, 41 oil Read More
Promoting the UKCS
The UK Oil and Gas Authority was recently set up as the regulator for both onshore and offshore oil and gas operations in the United Kingdom. Director of Exploration, Production Read More
Bucking the Trend
Exploration discoveries are at their lowest ebb for 70 years but one continent seems to be bucking the trend. Since 2015, nine of the biggest global discoveries have been in Read More
Taking the Plunge: How nodes can navigate ocean bottom seismic into the mainstream
Norwegian start-up company inApril explain why they took the plunge into the ocean bottom seismic market. It is sometimes said that it took nearly 30 years for towed-streamer 3D marine Read More
Licensing Update – Faroes
During the 5th Faroe Islands Exploration Conference, which will be held on 17 May 2017, the Faroese Minister of Industry and Trade will announce the opening of the 4th Faroese Read More
Licensing Update – Israel
First Round Announced A string of recent giant gas discoveries in Israeli, Egyptian and Cypriot waters in the Eastern Mediterranean have heightened interest in this previously relatively overlooked area. Encouraged Read More
Unlocking the UK North Sea’s Hidden Wealth
What are the keys to revealing the remaining potential of the UK Lower Cretaceous? The current very low level of exploration drilling in the UK North Sea should not signal Read More
London Pavement Geology
A new website and smartphone App for geologists brings the pavements and buildings of London to life. A wealth of high quality rock samples of all types can be seen Read More
A World of Drifting Ice
Ilulissat Icefjord in western Greenland offers a unique view of a scenic landscape that demonstrates active glaciological processes, where majestic icebergs calve into the fjord and out to sea. A Read More
Some Basic Facts
Oil is still no. 1, but renewables are picking up fast – very fast. Global energy consumption grew by only 1.0% in 2015. This is in line with 2014 (1.1%), Read More
Fundamentals of Reservoir Understanding
An industry tendency to resort to overly complicated modelling and simulation software is being challenged in the existing low oil-price environment. Some are now utilising low-cost solutions, highlighting the fundamentals Read More
Searching for Overlooked and Underexplored Frontiers
As a founding partner of Kosmos Energy, Paul Dailly has been involved in some of the most exciting and significant discoveries of recent years. He tells us the story behind Read More
Doha – The Pearl of Qatar
Over the last 70 years, Doha has risen from the sands of the desert to become a major, glamorous regional power. Qatar is a peninsula 160 km long and up Read More
EOR, Local Skills Development and Sustainability
Multidisciplinary interaction and local skills development proved critical when analysing scenarios for advanced chemical EOR in a Sudanese field, thus enabling future sustainability for the vital Sudanese petroleum industry. Following Read More
Optimists and Pessimists
Experts are divided when predicting the oil market As Jarand Rystad of Rystad Energy recently pointed out, several important questions face the industry: when will the oil market rebalance? What Read More
The Yanks Are Coming
As Britain fought for its survival during World War II, a team of American oil drillers found themselves on their way across the Atlantic to help the war effort. They Read More
Exploration Update – Algeria
Algeria: Triassic Discovery During early June 2016, Sonatrach made an oil and gas discovery in Algeria with its Oued Noumer Sud 1 (ONRS 1) new field wildcat. The discovery is Read More