Seismic boom-time
WesternGeco, along with a whole range of other seismic companies, is taking advantage of a dynamic marketplace. We have talked to Dalton Boutte, president of WesternGeco, about current and future Read More
Oil on Troubled Water
Oil exploration in Australia has been fraught with disappointments in a relentless land, but onshore basins such as the Cooper Basin can still yield surprises.
New Director – New Direction?
In September, 2006, Dr. Mark Myers was appointed the Director of the United States Geological Survey. Will oil prices approaching 100 dollars per barrel and his strong background in petroleum Read More
Real Time Formation Evaluation
A team from Aberdeen University have developed a method of generating simulated wireline logs with the potential to produce real-time wellsite data, reducing costs and supplementing conventional data.
Connecting the Geologist to the Digital Oilfield
In today’s digital oilfield, bringing geologists into the workflow with geophysicists and reservoir engineers is vital to maximise the potential of every well Connecting the Geologist to the digital Oilfield
Targeting Deeper
While seismic is still seismic, Controlled Source electroMagnetic (CSeM) diversifies into several types of competing technologies. Targeting Deeper
The International Year of Planet Earth
The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) aims to capture people’s imagination with the exciting knowledge we possess about our planet, and to see that knowledge used more effectively to Read More
More gas to be found
Following a 25 year break, the labrador Shelf offshore Canada is now again available for licensing. ExPro Update More Gas to be Found
Yemen
Bid round offers 11 offshore blocks in underexplored.
4D Seismic – Status and Future Changes Part II: Future Challenges
Seismic monitoring is an important technology in the effective exploitation of reservoirs in existing fields. The successful further uptake of 4D technology requires extensive training of dedicated personnel, while the Read More
Oil Shale and New Technolgies
Producing energy from rock that burns is entering into a new research and development phase. Can these processes now in the experimental stages unlock some of oil shale’s enormous potential? Read More
California’s Death Valley: A Land of Contrast
The extremes in landscape that characterize Death Valley National Park yield striking landforms, dramatic and colorful scenery, and underlying geologic mystery. California’s Death Valley Located in southeastern California, U.S.A., Death Read More
Deep Structure: Strength through integration in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Exploration interest in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico is at an all time high following the discovery, in 2001, of thick Paleogene submarine turbidite sands in the Baha #2 Read More
Peak Oil Abandoned?
“If governments around the world stick with existing policies – the underlying premise of the World Energy Outlook Reference Scenario – the world’s energy needs would be well over 50% Read More