Africa

The world’s largest SMS deposits

The terrain along the ultra-slow-spreading Mohns Ridge in the Norwegian Sea is continu­ously renewing itself with frequent volcanic erup­tions across a wide zone in the rift valley, a new doctoral…

On the HUNT for Somalian core

“Having worked on the first-ever offshore seismic survey in South Yemen in 1976, and seen the results of the first offshore well drilled in Yemeni waters, south of Socotra Island,…

Libya’s oil and gas renaissance

Libya, long regarded as one of Africa’s most geologically rich petroleum provinces, is re-emerging with renewed focus and ambition. After years of underinvestment, geopolitical instability, and widespread field shut-ins, the…

Too fast, too soon

In Geothermal energy production, it is all about the tem­perature of the produced water, brine or steam. A drop in temperature has a direct effect on the amount of energy…

A welcome gas find

When looking at the oil and gas fields in the Western Desert of Egypt, and then read this article from Simon Baer and colleagues at PGS, which describes how the…

The writing was on the wall

Yesterday, Reuters broke the news that Shell has written off a $400 million exploration investment over “an oil discovery” in PEL39 in Namibia’s deep-water area. Even though a field name…

Helium found in new and unexpected places

In Finland, 80 Mile positively tested copper-zinc exploration boreholes, while Pulsar Helium has drilled an appraisal well in Minnesota after nickel exploration accidentally found helium. In South Africa, Renergen is…