Coring a geothermal reservoir in oil and gas heartlands
Lower Saxony, the German state that finds itself in the north-western part of the country, has a rich history in drilling and coring. But until recently, activities on that front…
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Business can only get better
In anticipation of the tax changes announced by the UK government in October 2024, corporate merger and acquisition activity accelerated in 2024 and into 2025. These deals involved companies looking…
Carboniferous-Permian erosive contact, Kowala Quarry, Poland
A spectacular erosive contact between Permian continental conglomerates and Lower Carboniferous marine strata can be observed at the Kowala Quarry in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland, situated in the southeastern part…
How spreading rates determine your exploration strategy
Mapped sediment thicknesses at two segments along the Mohns Ridge. Sediment thickness serves as an indicator of the age of the underlying lava flows. Illustration: Stubseid et al. 2024, Nature…
Bacterial life is everywhere in the subsurface
Elsemiek Croese. Photography: Elsemiek Croese private archive. “Let’s put it this way,” says Elsemiek Croese from Microbial Analysis, “one of the key ingredients of life is water. In that light,…
The benefits of being an oil veteran when assessing depleted fields for carbon storage
“ In some ways, knowing the reservoir storage capacity of a CCS project is even more critical than knowing the size of the same reservoir prior to gas production,” said…
Tectonically-influenced carbonate platform, Greece
A Pliocene carbonate platform (Rhodos Formation) is exposed in the NE part of the isle of Rhodes, Greece. Sedimentation was largely controlled by faulting relating to a late Pliocene or…
On drift
When we meet on Teams on a morning in March, F. Javier Hernández- Molina is calling in from his office in Granada, Spain, where he works at the Andalusian Earth…
The well listeners
Karol Jewuła. “ I recently gave a talk in Kuala Lumpur,” says geologist and pore pressure specialist Karol Jewuła, “for which I made an overview of drilling-related issues with wells…
How we become geologists
Q: How do you know if someone is from the Isle of Man? A: Because they insist on telling you every five minutes! Every geologist has a story as to…
How interested is Eavor in sharing drilling results of the Geretsried project?
If I fail to hear back from companies when enquiring for information about a project, I mostly decide not to write about it at all. But in the case of…
Can the Netherlands be an attractive option for disillusioned companies on the other side of the median line?
The 1959 giant Groningen gas discovery made by NAM, the joint venture between Shell and ExxonMobil, transformed the energy landscape of Western Europe. It also formed the starting shot of…