Rarest of All – The Burgess Shale Fossils
Discovered 100 years ago, no other single fossil locality tells us more about ancient animals on Earth, driving new, controversial views and debate about evolution and the history of life. Read More
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico Basin has proved to be a highly successful hydrocarbon province, and the vast untapped volume of both oil and gas ensures that the basin will continue Read More
New Data Reveals Sub-Salt Levantine Basin
New data using GeoStreamer® gives extraordinary imaging of sub-salt and deeper events in the Levantine Basin in the eastern Mediterranean. The recent giant sub-salt gas discoveries (7Tcf) offshore Israel in the Levantine Read More
Reservoir Monitoring Technology
Permanent seismic monitoring is an emerging market with significant potential. Who are the major players and what has been done to validate the Optowave technology? This article has been designed Read More
Iraq: Resource Base
As Iraq’s political and security situation gradually becomes more stable and safer, the country’s rich oil and gas resources will increasingly draw the attention of international oil companies. This article Read More
Reaching Out
Recognized as an expert in Gulf of Mexico deep-water seismic stratigraphy, Dr. Paul Weimer is now bringing geology to young students “in the way they learn–through animation.” The son of Read More
The Next Generation Subsurface Modelling
Modelling reservoirs using a 3D grid is a common tool for both the geologist and the reservoir engineer. As models increase in structural and stratigraphic complexity the process of creating Read More
From Dinosaur Tracks to Oil
Just 25 km west of Denver, the Dakota Hogback at Dinosaur Ridge offers an opportunity to explore striking rock exposures and vistas, ancient dinosaur tracks, and oil seeps at the Read More
Providing In-depth Knowledge
Making depth conversions more reliable has become an obsession for a dedicated geophysicist. As a result the Norwegian consultancy Aker Geo now claims to have the very best tool to Read More
The First Wildcat – A True Adventure
The modern oil industry is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary. The actual birthday is August 27. In the late afternoon of that Saturday in 1859, the drillbit hit a Read More
Oil and Gas Available in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has just launched its very first licensing round. Three blocks with 6 proven oil and gas fields are up for grabs in the Amy Darya Basin next to Turkmenistan. Read More
Illuminating Basin-Scale Architecture
The Canadian portion of the Beaufort Sea has been the site of intense interest and bidding in recent licensing rounds. Regional reconnaissance 2D seismic programs designed to image down to Read More
The Birth of the Modern Oil Industry
The most important oil well ever drilled was sunk in the middle of the wooded landscape of northwest Pennsylvania in August 1859. It is known as the Drake Well, after Read More