Standard Oil I – Ida Tarbell: Pioneering Oil Industry Journalist
Exactly a hundred years ago Standard Oil, which controlled the oil industry in the US, was forced to split into several companies, due largely to the pioneering work done by…
North America
Start of Something Big
An oil discovery in the Moose Range wilderness on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula would bring a momentous change to the territory and have oil exploration implications far to the north. The…
Pikes Peak or Bust
With the superb backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, the ‘mile high’ city of Denver has one of the most attractive locations of any oil town. Although Denver is now well…
The NE Greenland Continental Margin
Seismic line 3 showing the continuation of a thick Mesozoic basin beneath lava flows of the Northeast Greenland Volcanic Province. The southern extent of the Danmarkshavn Basin quite clearly underlies the northern…
Buried Treasure in Jamaica
The beautiful Caribbean Island of Jamaica was home to pirates and their loot in the past, but is there treasure of a different sort in its sparkling waters? Data collated…
Bay of Bengal
Flanked by the young, growing and energy hungry populations of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, the Bay of Bengal finds itself an increasingly hot property in the search to discover new…
A Long and Winding Road
The North Slope of Alaska is a cornerstone of US oil production with several giant fields, notably Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk and Endicott, plus extensive heavy oil at Ugnu and West…
Hot Spot: Greenland
A recent well drilled by the Scottish company Cairn Energy has, for the first time, proven oil offshore West Greenland. “The presence of both oil and gas confirms an active,…
The North Falkland Basin
What have we learned from this summer’s exploration drilling activity around the Falkland Isles? This year six wells have been completed or are drilling around the Falkland Islands, with one…
From Gold Coast to Black Gold
Although oil and gas were first found offshore Ghana in 1970, petroleum companies showed very little interest in the West African country until exploration moved into deeper water. Since 2007,…
More Giant Oil Discoveries
Last year, the Keathley Canyon area yielded three of the world’s top oil finds, bringing in high leasing bids and continued drilling activity. What started in 2001 with the Baha…
Sourcing an Oil Boom
Underlying an area approximately the size of France, the Bakken Formation oil reservoir keeps expanding into what has become North America’s hottest onshore oil play. While the recent U.S. Geological…