Western Australia – Looking towards a busy year in 2023
For Western Australia, the year 2022 saw two sides. On one hand, there was hesitance when it comes to developments offshore, further marked by a court case, but on the…
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Most Surtseyan style eruptions involve a relatively small amount of water encountering magma. But the explosion in January this year at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcanic island erupted in a…
Seismic imaging-led sedimentology insight reveals extraordinary new potential in the Gulf of Papua
Figure 2: Location map and information. Foldout seismic line is located within PPL579. © Searcher. Stunning unexplored turbidite play revealed offshore Papua New Guinea Exceptional imaging from modern multi-client PSDM…
What does it mean when bottom simulators are black swans?
Map showing location of Searcher Seismic’s coverage of newly acquired and reprocessed datasets in the Gulf of Papua (GOP). The foldout line is located within the GOP. Bottom simulating…
Australia’s Beetaloo shale play
The Beetaloo Basin has, until recent years, been underexplored, with explorers believing the Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic (1.0–1.7 billion years ago) sequences too old to support hydrocarbons. However, following successful drilling…
Searcher Diversifies into Mining Sector
Searcher, a leading service provider of geoscience products for oil and gas exploration and production companies, has announced its expansion into the mining sector. Searcher, a leading service provider of…
Taste the Geoheritage of Auckland, New Zealand
Boutique volcanoes, fossil forests and pillow lava fans are some of the amazing geological features around New Zealand’s largest city. Most tourists coming to New Zealand land in Auckland and,…
US $11 Billion of Australian Gas Projects
Wood Mackenzie’s Australasian upstream 2021 outlook report shows at least US$11 billion of gas projects poised for Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2021. Wood Mackenzie’s Australasian upstream 2021 outlook report…
Gippsland Basin, Australia: new data reveals further hydrocarbon potential in a mature basin
Map showing location and coverage of new Gippsland 3D survey. © CGG.To help the industry identify new and previously overlooked prospects in Australia’s Gippsland Basin, CGG acquired a new basin-scale…
Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Waste to tackle waste. Researchers at Flinders University in Australia have come up with a novel way to clean up oil spills, using waste cooking oil from fast food outlets.…
Australia’s Amazing South West Corner
The iconic drive along the Great South West Edge of Australia is the trip of a lifetime with plenty to interest both the geo-tourist and the nature lover. The…
Australia’s Big Outdoor Museum: The Magnificent Flinders Ranges
A group of Australian geologists takes a trip down memory lane through the Flinders Ranges. A stunning and beautiful national landscape region, steeped in rich natural and cultural heritage. The…