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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

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Pakistan: First Discovery in Eastern Potwar Plateau

GEO ExPro & IHS
The Ghauri Joint Venture (GJV) is claiming a ‘landmark achievement’ with its Ghauri X-1 well, located in district Jhelum, Punjab Province in Pakistan, as it is the first hydrocarbon discovery in the eastern part of…

The Oil Industry Volunteer

Jane Whaley
Csilla Tunde Fabian and Niamh Mary Monaghan are committee members of the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society The goal of the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES), the local branch of the Society…

Scotland Decides

Jane Whaley
The issue of Scottish independence has divided a nation – and worried an industry. Since oil was first discovered in the cold, stormy waters of the UK North Sea, people in…

Gas Hydrates – Part VI

Martin Landrø (NTNU Trondheim), Jürgen Mienert (UIT) and Lasse Amundsen (Statoil)
Hydrates in the Arctic (I) ‘You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about…

Imaging the next hydrocarbon province

Mari Schjeldsøe Berg and Øystein Lie (PGS ), Spyridon Bellas and Antonis Angelopoulos, Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (YPEKA)
Map of Greece showing the new data coverage and the exploration blocks extending along the western and southern offshore area. Schematic map showing the external geotectonic zones onshore and offshore…

Mapping Out a Career

Nikki Jones
For almost 50 years, Derek Fairhead, founder and President of Getech, has studied the earth’s gravity and magnetic data. Now, close to retirement from the rapidly expanding AIM-listed company he…

Stories From Deep Time

Jane Whaley
How one man’s passion for the fossils of ‘an uninteresting rock’ has resulted in a unique collection. Steve Etches is a man with a passion – and a very crowded…

New Perspectives on the Barents Sea

Dr. Stephen Rippington and Chris Anderson, ARKeX Ltd.
The recent opening of the south-east Barents Sea to oil and gas exploration has provided an opportunity to deploy the latest technologies such as full tensor gravity gradiometry to improve…

An Extraordinary, Unknown Career

Heather Saucier
Surviving the Great Alaska Earthquake was a historical achievement for American geologist Ruth A.M. Schmidt. Other feats were revealed only after her death. Friends and colleagues have no trouble finding…

New Doctoral Training Initiative

Jane Whaley
An innovative collaboration between universities, research institutions, government funding bodies and the E&P industry promises to change the face of doctoral petroleum geoscience training in the UK. Keith Gerdes, Chair…

Folds and Folding – Part II

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.
The Alps, the Himalayas and other similar high mountains on Earth owe their existence to a series of giant rock folds. But how do stiff, solid rocks fold? In the…

New Geoscience Hub for Scotland

Jane Whaley
Work starts on world-leading new Lyell Centre for earth and marine science and technology. Charles Lyell by David Octavius Hill, c1843-47Work has started on the new £20m Lyell Centre at…