Standarad Oil II – John D. Rockefeller: The First and Richest Oil Tycoon
In this second part of the Standard Oil story, we profile John D. Rockefeller, the man who founded the world’s first large oil company, which was forced by the US…
North America
An Education in Oil
How can the media best engage the public on fossil fuels? Documentary or drama? The BBC has been attempting both. The 1st of August 2015 marks the bicentenary of the publication…
The Active Volcanoes of Hawai‘i
Breathtaking views, surreal landscapes, and the chance to come face to face with an active volcano, the Island of Hawai‘i offers the geotourist encounters of a lifetime, and scientists a…
Finding sweet-spots and quantifying recovery potential in unconventional plays
Using the Montney Play as an example of how a Common Risk Segment Mapping approach can be applied to quantifying Estimated Ultimate Recovery in pervasive hydrocarbon systems. When liquids-rich parts…
Driven to success on the seismic superhighway
3D seismic risk reduction for license round Phillip Hargreaves On Australia’s North West Shelf, acreage in shallow water multi-TCF neighborhoods is highly prized and competitively sought. To assess the value…
Palaeozoic Plays of the Great Basin
The Palaeozoic tectonic history of the Great Basin of Nevada in south-western USA parallels that of the US east coast, where the Marcellus Shale has been a target of intense…
Congo: Significant Westward Extension
Eni’s Nene Marine 3 exploration well in the offshore Marine XII Block encountered a significant wet gas and light oil accumulation in the pre-salt clastic sequence, thereby outlining a significant extension to…
Russia: Major Reserves Boost
Appraisal drilling by Gazprom at its Kirinskoye Yuzhnoye field in the Okhotsk Sea off Sakhalin Island has resulted not only in the addition of gas reserves, but also in the discovery of a big oil…
The Great Black Giant
On a dream – and a bit too close to her garden – the old wooden derrick was skidded to its third location on Mrs. Daisy Bradford’s 970 acre, East…
South Falkland Basin: Darwinian Evolution
The South Falkland Basin has remained below the industry radar. Pioneering exploration efforts are slowly revealing the potential of this new frontier. Filter Collections EXPLORATION SOUTH AMERICA South Falkland Basin:…
Big D
Dazzling Dallas rose up from the north Texas plains as a technical and financial center for the oil industry following the 1930 discovery of the supergiant East Texas oil field.…
Endgame for the North Sea?
Decommissioning brings uncertainty and there are many concerns but also possible opportunities ahead. Chess theory allows for an opening, a middlegame and an endgame. The boundaries are somewhat blurred but…