Standarad Oil II – John D. Rockefeller: The First and Richest Oil Tycoon
In this second part of the Standard Oil story, we profile John D. Rockefeller, the man who founded the world’s first large oil company, which was forced by the US Read More
Rio: The “Marvellous City”
The endless beauty of its people and its setting put Rio de Janeiro as one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere. Rio Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Read More
Illuminating Resolution
The latest developments in high-tech seismic vessels and ‘mega’ channel counts both on and offshore have driven a revolution in seismic data acquisition. From the Archive ‘Cover Story’. To subscribe Read More
Italian Adriatic Sea: Filling in the gaps in this prolific region
Exploration in the Italian Adriatic Italian exploration for oil and gas has been very successful in the past 50 years both onshore and offshore, with a number of large Read More
Squeezing the Last Drop
Farouk al-Kasim, an Iraqi with ten years experience in one for the world’s most prolific oil provinces, went on to serve the Norwegian government for 23 years and was instrumental Read More
The best place to find oil…
There is an old adage that runs “The best place to find oil is in an oil field!” As global exploration gets more difficult, there is a major prize to Read More
Leveraging Complex Geologies
The ability of reservoir models to leverage seismic and accommodate complex geologies ensures robust and reliable models, improved decision-making, more justifiable investments, and improved field performance. Including the building of Read More
One Year On
The first anniversary of the Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has been marked in a number of ways. Foremost it has been an opportunity to remember the eleven Read More
A Growing Atlantic Play
Recent discoveries in West Africa have highlighted the importance of the Upper Cretaceous throughout the Atlantic Margin. The Barents Sea is the Northern extension of this growing play. Sandstones of Read More
Georgia: Oil in the Sub-Thrust Zone
A beautiful country, flanked by mountain ranges and famous for fine wine – but Georgia’s primary contribution to the hydrocarbon industry is as a corridor for oil and gas travelling Read More
South-Western Barents Sea: Improved imaging with long-offset data
Exploration in the Sørvestsnaget Basin Since petroleum exploration in the Norwegian Barents Sea commenced in 1979, a total of 87 exploration wells have been drilled. Most of those outside the Read More
The Abu Dhabi Oil Discoveries
In the 1930s Abu Dhabi was a poor fishing village on the edge of the desert, but the discovery of oil has revolutionised the Emirate. It is thought to possess Read More
Marine Seismic Sources Part VIII: Fish Hear A Great Deal
To understand how human-generated sounds affect fish it is necessary to understand how and what fish can hear, and how they respond to different types of sounds. The majority of Read More
Walking Through Time: The Geopark Way
The Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark Way is a long distance walking trail that brings to life the fascinating geological story of this beautiful are of rural England The Abberley Read More