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Ancient Rocks, Trolls and the Devils teeth – Adventures in Scenic Senja

Berit Løkken, Norwegian University of Technology and Science (NTNU) and Morten Smelror, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)
With majestic mountain peaks and your own private beach to greet the midnight sun, scenic Senja, often referred to as a miniature Norway, is a hidden treasure for geotourists and…

Russia: Fall in Offshore Exploration Investment

Aatisha Mahajan, Rystad Energy
Scarce geological information and a reduction in exploration investments are a major hindrance to exploiting Russian Arctic Shelf potential. Since the 2014 discovery of Universitetskaya-1 in the Kara Sea, offshore…

Triumph and tragedy

Jane Whaley
Kevin Topham has had an eventful life. Born in Retford, Nottinghamshire, in the English East Midlands, he joined the RAF when still in his teens to fight in WWII. His…

Hunting the Silver Bullet

Halfdan Carstens
Prospect high grading does have an effect – an increased commercial success ratio as demonstrated by the Norwegian continental shelf. In 1978 – that is, almost 40 years ago –…

Collaboration, the Underground and the Resistance

Staff Writer
We talk to Bruce Levell, Visiting Professor in Earth Sciences at Oxford University, about the need for collaboration between government, academia and the industry Having spent many years as a…

Reflection or Refraction?

Aleksandr Nikitin, Nikolay Amelin, Sergei Pokrovskii and Andrey Lekomtsev, Geology Without Limits
Taking advantage of joint acquisition and processing techniques: a case study in the Barents Sea Bjørnøya Basin. The Norwegian Sector of the Barents Sea is located in between the Norwegian…

Exploration Update – Norway

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Discovery on Trend with Johan Castberg On February 13, 2017 Lundin announced that Filicudi (NFW 7219/12-1) in PL533 in the Norwegian Barents Sea had encountered a gross hydrocarbon column of…

When Denmark was a tropical paradise

Karsten Eig
Visiting Northern Jutland’s famous fossil beds When God had finished creating the Earth, He had some sand and gravel in excess. To get rid of it, He dumped it in…

The Faroe Islands – A New Beginning

Óluva Eidesgaard, Jarðfeingl
4th Faroese Licensing Round offers a new beginning for exploration in this North Atlantic archipelago. The 4th Faroese Licensing Round offers a new beginning for exploration in this North Atlantic…

Great Yarmouth: An Unlikely E&P Hub

Jane Whaley
Tucked away about as far to the east as you can get in the UK is a small fishing town that for over 50 years has played an important role…

Minute To Read

Staff Writer
Brent Benchmark Adds Troll The price of Brent crude has been avidly watched as the basis of comparison for crude oil prices around the world since the 1980s, but the…

The First Geological Map of Eastern Europe

Prof. Piotr Krzywiec, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Work done by Polish scientists in the early 1800s laid down the foundations of the modern oil industry. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the northern segment of…