The Poles were bang on time
It must have been a good moment for PGNiG Norway’s Subsurface and Exploration manager Chris Dart to present his company’s business outlook at the recent NCS Exploration Strategy Conference in…
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Seeing the whole picture
During the pandemic, Lyme Bay Consulting took the opportunity to download all the Operator-released 3D seismic data in the UKCS to produce a series of Post-Stack Merged Seismic Volumes covering…
Adapting conventional E&P workflows to scale up hydrogen and helium exploration
Natural hydrogen and helium exploration is booming worldwide. The combined production of hydrogen, helium and carbon dioxide in the Earth’s subsurface provides alternative resources that could revolutionize the path to…
UK Mid North Sea High: defining and de-risking exploration in the Zechstein Play
Figure 1: A) Location map showing Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the ION MNSH Prime 3D program. B) Interim depth section across Phase 2 of the ION MNSH Prime…
Delivering a geological service for Europe
It is a misconception that abandoning fossil fuels reduces the importance of the subsurface – whilst the use of it will materially change, it continues to play a crucial role…
Accurate Reservoir Attributes Delivered with GeoStreamer X in the South Viking Graben, Norway
Illustrated here are the two GeoStreamer X surveys (2019 southern polygon and 2020 northern polygon), the rockAVO wells used in this study and the random line for the main seismic…
UK North Sea: A Step-Change in Imaging Quality
It is often said the best place to find oil is in an oil field and if that is true then perhaps the second-best place to find oil would be…
Keeping Disruption at Bay
Vagit Alekperov warns that there is a risk of global oil and gas supply shortages in just five years if the current trend of limiting industry investment persists. Vagit Alekperov…
The Future of Gas Exploration in the Transition
Drilling flat spots in the North Sea, with a minimal CO2 footprint can rejuvenate Dutch offshore sector. The Q10-A development, 20 km off the Dutch coast, demonstrates how it is…
Master’s Meltdown or New Dawn?
The future of Master’s training in energy geoscience in the UK. Is there a strategy to attract and train new geoscientists and engineers, or are we sleepwalking into a looming…
UK Unconventionals
What is the future for the onshore UK unconventional oil and gas business? In March 2022 the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) rebranded to the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)…
The History of Oil and Gas in Dragon Country
From cannel coal to offshore production – Wales has a colourful history of resource exploration and success. Broadly, the offshore of Wales contains parts of six main Permo-Mesozoic basins which…