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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Middle East

Mr. Five Per Cent: Calouste Gulbenkian

Jonathan Conlin
Intensely secretive, for more than half a century Gulbenkian personally controlled five per cent of Middle East oil production and shaped the firms we know as Shell and Total. The…

Developments in Middle East Oil and Gas Exploration

Peter Elliott; NVentures
It was a successful 2018 in Middle East oil and gas exploration for the small Gulf states and UAE. With global exploration delivering slim pickings for organic reserves replacement, focus…

Giant gas field discovery in Iran

GEO ExPro
Reports that Orca is the largest gas find this year have a competing claim from Iran, where in mid-October the National Iranian Oil Company announced that it had discovered a…

Extraordinary hydrocarbon potential Offshore Lebanon

Neil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriquez and Paolo Esestime; Spectrum Geo
Extraordinary hydrocarbon potential Offshore Lebanon As Jane Austen might have said: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that exploration companies possessing acreage in the Eastern Mediterranean must be in want…

Using Solar Energy in Oil & Gas

Jane Whaley
A revolution is underway in the Omani desert: renewable solar energy is being used in oil & gas to help lower the cost of production of heavy oil and conserve…

Exploration Update: Offshore Bahrain

Brought to you by GEO ExPro and Drillinginfo.
Highly significant offshore hydrocarbon discovery of tight oil and deep gas in the Khaleej Al Bahrain Basin, offshore Bahrain. Major Hydrocarbon Discovery Offshore Bahrain Map showing the location of the…

The First Discoveries of Oil in Saudi Arabia

Michael Quentin Morton
In the 1930s, Chief geologist at Casoc and Aramco expat, Max Steineke revolutionised hydrocarbon exploration in the Middle East using structure drilling – which led to some of the first…

The Policy Perception Index – Where to Invest?

Munim Al-Rawi PhD, Carta Design Ltd.
A recent global petroleum survey suggests Norway and the UK are still considered attractive places to invest in petroleum exploration & production.   Infographic results of the Global Petroleum Survey…

Giant Oil Fields of the World: Rumaila–West Qurna, Iraq

Munim Al-Rawi PhD, Carta Design Ltd.
Rumaila–West Qurna in the Middle East is one of the world’s greatest supergiant oilfields. What is a Supergiant Field? Location of the Rumaila–West Qurna field, southern Iraq. © OECD/IEA 2012…

Gas Production in Iraq

Aditya Saraswat, Analyst; Rystad Energy
Doubling hydrocarbon production in 2022 as the giant Miran-Bina Bawi project ramps up. The Future of Gas Production in Iraq The development of gas gathering and processing infrastructure in Iraq…

The Grand Canyon of the Middle East

Jane Whaley
Map showing location of the Al Hajar Mountains in Oman. Oman is often described as a geologist’s paradise – with good reason. Boasting a huge diversity of rocks ranging in…