The Jurassic Coast
A few days of holiday can be well spent by walking leisurely through an almost complete Mesozoic succession along the south coast of england. Outcrops of colourful shales, sandstones and…
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Still Plenty to Play For
In his role as President of PESGB, Chris Flavell is a co-organiser of PETEX 2006, the Society’s biannual Conference and Exhibition, in November. We talk to him about the role…
Twilight years for the North Sea?
After a period of decline, exploration for hydrocarbons in British waters is experiencing a new lease of life. This is due in part to high oil prices, but is also…
It’s All About Data
“Our ability to accumulate and add value to data underpins our business,” says Dr. Richard Fowler, Managing Director of Fugro Robertson, the North Wales based data and information company. He…
North Sea Oil and Gas Exploration: Courageous Risk-Takers Needed
Experienced oil-man John Brooks thinks that there is still a great deal of hydrocarbon potential in the deep reservoirs of the southern North Sea. To test this deep potential, we…
Demonstrating Capability
Major improvements have been made over the last two decades in measuring drilling parameters (MWD) and logging formation characteristics (LWD) whilst drilling. During the logging of two North Sea fields,…
Billions of barrels to his credit
Richard Hardman, geologist by profession, explorationist by heart, has built a successful carrieer in international exploration over the past 40 years. His thirst for finding ever more oil and gas…
Reservoirs come in all shapes and sizes, and some are more difficult than others
New seismic streamer methodology has facilitated resolution of complex sand bodies called injecties. Reservoirs come in all shapes and sizes and some are more difficult than others
Microscopic Fossils Help Steer the Drillbit
Biosteering – guiding the drillbit using microscopic fossils – has proved to be a useful technique when drilling in complex reservoirs. Examples from the Norwegian Sea demonstrate how the biostratigrapher…
Let’s Talk About Shale
Ken Cronin is CEO of UKOOG, which represents the onshore oil and gas industry in the UK, and is therefore heavily involved in ongoing discussions about unconventional exploration in the…