The Permo-Triassic Khuff reservoir is one of the most productive gas fields in the world. What are the factors which have helped it to become so prolific? Available online for Read More

Electromagnetic surveying is one of the least well understood of the non-seismic exploration techniques. There are various acquisition choices to be made – for example it can be undertaken using Read More

Hot water from subsurface reservoirs can be used directly to heat our houses. Data, software and knowledge from oil industry operations can help delineate this under-used resource, as is now Read More

Giants – oil and gas fields with more than 500 million boe in reserves – are no longer a thing of the past. Just before we went to print, BP Read More

A significant number of discoveries have been made on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) for the last two years. Even more important, the trend is towards making bigger finds. Since Read More

The surprising discovery of some 600MMbo of oil in Tertiary carbonates in a mature basin has vitalized the Indonesian oil industry. The Cepu oil-and-gas block on Java Island is one Read More

Offshore Norway, exploration activity over the last couple of years has reached record-breaking levels, leading to many discoveries, but few of any size. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, however, believes that Read More

In 2008 the Optowave fibre-optic seismic sensor cable was trenched at the StatoilHydro-operated Snorre field with the aim of achieving insight into installation, data acquisition and monitoring procedures. The Snorre Read More

His career as an explorer started in the wilderness when twelve years old only. More than four decades as a geologist has made him into a true, global adventurer. Prologue: Read More

The Groningen field in the northern Netherlands is the largest gas field in Europe and the tenth largest in the world. Since its discovery in 1959 it has been instrumental Read More