Make The Most of Your Trip to San Antonio, Texas
Travel and Lifestyle for Oil and Gas: A recommendation of places to eat and things to do to make the most of your visit to San Antonio, Texas for the Read More
A Lot of Different Flowers: Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Oil, Gas and Energy Industry
An old saying goes: “A lot of different flowers make a bouquet”. The business case for diversity and inclusion in the workplace is well proven; so what can the E&P Read More
Energy and Climate Change
Professor Michael Stephenson is Director of Science and Technology at the British Geological Survey, but before becoming a leading international research geoscientist, Mike worked as a school teacher in rural Read More
A Minute to Read: Oil and Gas News from Around the World
Taken from GEO ExPro Vol. 15, No. 6: focusing on strategic industry partnerships in oil and gas. Taken from Vol. 15, No. 6 – December 2018 Libya: Eni and BP Read More
Developments in Middle East Oil and Gas Exploration
It was a successful 2018 in Middle East oil and gas exploration for the small Gulf states and UAE. With global exploration delivering slim pickings for organic reserves replacement, focus Read More
Geologist Bill Armstrong
“I was informed early on in our pursuit that most, if not all, of the large, onshore, conventional fields have been found,” says Bill Armstrong, founder and owner of the Read More
Hydrocarbon potential of the Jameson Land Basin
A series of Late Palaeozoic-Mesozoic basins, which formed as the result of rifting between Greenland and Norway following the Caledonian Orogeny, are exposed in East Greenland between 70° and 76°N Read More
New insights revealed into the hydrocarbon potential along the Gulf of Mexico conjugate margins
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) petroleum system is one of the most productive and studied ‘super basins’ in the world, yet uncertainties remained with regard to its fundamental crustal structure. Read More
Reservoir Rock Characterisation Using Raman Spectroscopy
Raman Spectroscopy enables precise reservoir rock characterisation studies and provides invaluable insight into the reservoir’s heterogeneity and other fine-scaled details. In today’s competitive market, reservoir rock characterisation has become a Read More
Wellsite Mud Logging and Reservoir Geochemistry
Wellsite mud logging and reservoir geochemistry results in a better reservoir characterisation in real time, improving performance and reducing costs. The Evolution of Geochemistry A mud logging-geochemical unit operating in Read More
Seismic detection of source rocks
Even modest amounts of total organic content can significantly change the physical properties of shales, providing clues for source detection on seismic data. This article discusses how seismic analysis can Read More
Cuba re-launches offshore oil exploration
Explore Madagascar’s open acreage The West Morondava Basin: Let the bidding commence! After over 100 years of exploration, the offshore part of the West Morondava Basin remains largely underexplored. Only six Read More
Barents Sea: A first look at new high resolution 3D multicomponent seismic
A Vast, Underexplored, Complex Geological Province Brand new, high resolution, 3D multicomponent seismic data from PGS has enhanced the geological understanding of one of the last remaining frontier basins in Read More
Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Offshore Canning Area in Western Australia
Recent petroleum discoveries, including the Dorado-1 well, in the Bedout Sub-Basin indicate a promising future for the hydrocarbon prospectivity of offshore Western Australia. Figure 1: Bilby survey data (white Read More
Does Lightning Strike Twice?
Benjamin and William Franklin risked their lives when conducting their famous lightning experiment in Philadelphia in 1752. A simple silk kite was sent aloft in a storm. A wire at Read More
Using AI to Estimate Hydrocarbon Prospect Size
With the recent advances in technology and adoption of machine learning in geosciences, is it time for AI to take a hand in estimating hydrocarbon prospect sizes? Comparing company pre-drilling Read More
Exploration Update: Trinidad and Tobago
BHP announce two gas discoveries offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Map showing the location of the two gas discoveries offshore Trinidad & Tobago. Drillinginfo. On 18 July 2018, BHP reported Read More
Exploration Update: UK
Total announces hydrocarbon discovery offshore West of Shetland Block, UK. Hydrocarbon Exploration Update, UK: West of Shetlands Discovery Map showing location of Total discovery on West of Shetlands Block 206/4a. Read More
What Does the Future Hold for Oil and Gas?
As a founder of E&P intelligence company Drillinginfo and with a wide range of experience in the industry, Allen Gilmer is uniquely qualified to predict future oil and gas trends. Read More
The Custom Data Solution for Oil and Gas
Low-cost, non-proprietorial data solutions are needed to capture, organise and analyse oil and gas data. Prospect production data visualised in bubble charts and graphs adds significant value to the data, Read More
A Very Brief Overview of Oil and Gas Activity in 2018
2018 has been named the ‘year of transition’ for hydrocarbon exploration and production as we slowly move out of the global oil and gas downturn and into an even more Read More