The search for oil in Oman
The Beginning In the Omani desert, a few miles inland from Nafun, lies a groundwater seepage in the Wadi Jurf. On approaching this spring, you can see streams of glistening Read More
Offshore Uruguay
Readers choice One of the great things about editing an online magazine is that you can get real world feedback from your readership. Data tracking makes it fairly simple Read More
Santos Basin: Complex salt structures and pre-salt potential revealed by new CGGVeritas 3D data
New Geological Insights Into the Santos Basin New PSDM 3D seismic reflection data over the highly prolific Santos Basin provides comprehensive insight into, and enables a better understanding of, the Read More
The Great Burgan field, Kuwait
In 1991, the US-led Operation Desert Storm drew the occupying Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. The retreating Iraqis set fire to over 700 Kuwaiti oil wells, half of which were Read More
The Zagros uplift
“We climbed for most of that day, conquering step by step the Morvarid Pass, only to drop down again, having reached the top; and as evening fell we came down Read More
Force Majeure in Syria
The much-vaunted Arab Spring, which has brought new life to the Libyan oil industry, where production is reportedly already nearly back to pre-revolution volumes, is having a less satisfactory impression Read More
Advances in Deepwater Reservoir Monitoring
With the market for Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) continuing to grow along with deepwater field expenditure (Douglas-Westwood forecasts global deepwater CAPEX of US$225 billion between 2011 and 2015), TGS company, Read More
Cyprus: Historic Gas Discovery
The inhabitants of the island of Cyprus had a very exciting late Christmas present, when Noble Energy announced that they had made a significant gas discovery offshore on December 28 Read More
From Trickle to Gusher: The Bakken Oil Story
Discovered in the 1950s, North Dakota’s Bakken Formation oil production was just 1,500 bpd in 2004. Today, it exceeds 440,000 bpd and is expected to be 700,000 bpd within the Read More
Workstations Promise New Life for Geology
Is the workstation killing geology – or bringing it back to life and having a revolutionary effect on the field – and the future – of exploration and operational geology? Read More
Marine Seismic Sources – Part XII: Sound in the Sea
“If you cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water, you will hear ships at a great distance from you.” – Leonardo Read More
Kuala Lumpur – A Piece of Asia
Although sited a long way from Malaysia’s oil and gas producing regions, the vibrant, exciting city of Kuala Lumpur is the centre of the country’s hydrocarbon industry, as it is Read More
Longer Runs at Higher Speeds
Maximising fixed cutter bit performance in shales and carbonates. Fixed cutter bits – generally termed PDC bits for their poly-crystalline diamond cutters – have been achieving high rates of penetration Read More
Enhanced Oil Recovery – Utilising Captured CO2
Can the UK return to oil self-sufficiency? When governments get out of the way, remarkable things can happen. For example, some industry pundits now say that it is perfectly possible Read More
Working Under Pressure
Working under pressure may not be everyone’s ideal job, but Richard Swarbrick and his team at Ikon GeoPressure at Durham in the north-east of England are doing it all the Read More
Oil: A Political Tool
Oil is the world’s most powerful political tool at the moment. While softer supply/demand balances point to weaker oil prices in the first half of 2012, global geopolitical risk outweighs Read More
Crowns of Nature: The Majestic Landscape of Guilin
A landscape of harmony and peace, with scenery made for poetry and romance: the majestic karst landscape of the north-east Guangxi Zhuang Region in south-west China is one of nature’s Read More
All Eyes on the Middle East
The Middle east has been a cornerstone of the oil and gas industry for over a hundred years. Oil was first found in the area in Iran in 1908, while Read More
Shaping the Future of Geoscience in the Middle East
The Middle East plays a pivotal role in the oil industry, and so GEO 2012, the 10th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition, promises to be an exciting event, with Read More