Europe

Submarine avalanches in a serendipitous find

In the depths of the North Sea lies one of the most spectacular re­cords of turbidity currents: The Claymore Sandstone. During the Upper Jurassic, these rocks were born from a…

Crushing report on TMC’s deep-sea mining plans

“We believe the economics of TMC’s operations are not viable and that the company will be a repeat of Nautilus. We expect Gerard Barron to leave the ship when this…

Energy is politics, is community, is pride

My dear friend William invited me last month to Brecon, mid Wales. Another dear friend, Ian, lives in Penarth, just outside Car­diff, south Wales, so it made perfect sense to…

Wind makes room for gas

It is getting busy in the North Sea. Was the area a monopoly for oil and gas companies when it comes to energy production for decades, in recent years offshore…

Extract and re-inject water, from the same well

The city of Munich is blessed with a very permeable succes­sion of Quaternary sediments that enables a high and con­sistent supply of groundwater flow. As such, there is great potential…

The “nugget effect” in geothermal exploration

“We see permeabilities of 10 Darcy and above 15 % porosity, easily,” says Alan Bischoff. Alan is associate pro­fessor of geoenergy at the University of Turku in Finland. In that…