Azerbaijan has played a major role in the hydrocarbon industry for centuries, as it was the first place where people learnt how to obtain and use oil for domestic use.…

The government of New Zealand recently opened its annual bidding round for oil and gas exploration permits; between June 8 and October 15, 2012, bids from petroleum exploration and production…

The energy sector in Iraq is predicted to see investment of a minimum of US$50 billion over the next five years amidst a gradually improving security situation, according to a…

Within the hydrocarbon exploration industry, the market for gravity gradiometry has grown substantially over the past few years. ARKeX, which specialises in non-seismic geophysical imaging, has become one of the…

Angola is set in the next decade to overtake Nigeria as the biggest oil producer in Africa. We look at the milestones in the country’s rapidly expanding oil and gas…

Cross border co-operation leads to better geological understanding As we all know, geology does not follow political boundaries. To undertake a wide-ranging geological study of a large region presents challenges,…

Uruguay’s state oil company, ANCAP, has recently awarded offshore blocks in the Round II bidding to British companies BP and BG, French company Total, and Irish company Tullow Oil. These…

With recent discoveries in East Africa dominating the news, the government of Tanzania is expected to get a lot of interest in its 4th Offshore Bid Round, due to be…

While it is far too early to give accurate figures, the first deep water well in the Romanian part of the Black Sea looks to be a major success for…