What Next for the Arctic?
Arctic waters hold vast undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves, but will they ever be exploited? Cheaper oil is for the moment driving people away from offshore Arctic exploration. Maybe this will give…
The Arctic
De-risking the Barents Sea
Figure 1: Survey map with licences and blocks in the 23rd licensing round. Increasing the chance of success Used together, IP data and 2D broadband seismic can be very useful…
Uniting the Arctic
A new generation of Circum-Arctic geological and geophysical digital maps will reveal new data about the hydrocarbon potential of the region. Available online for the first time Originally published in Volume…
Gas Blowouts on the Yamal and Gydan Peninsulas
Last year a giant crater was discovered on the Yamal Peninsula south of the Kara Sea in the Russian Arctic, just 30 km south of the giant Bovanenkovo oil and…
Walking an Arctic Tightrope
Relying heavily on the petroleum industry for revenue, yet on the pure waters of the Arctic Ocean for subsistence, native Alaskans struggle to find a delicate balance. Before the historical…
Hard Work and Innovation
What led you to found DownUnder GeoSolutions? I had always wanted to start my own business. Whilst working in Houston (for BHP Billiton) I had witnessed companies, similar to what…
Exploiting the Arctic
As interest in this resource rich region intensifies, we ask the question – Who owns this massive bounty? The Arctic is the world’s smallest ocean, and possibly the most resource-rich…
This Year’s Frontier
The Arctic and the Bay of Bengal are two exciting but very different frontier areas, both suggesting great potential, but offering many challenges to the hydrocarbon industry. In order to…
Agreement in the Barents Sea
“This is a historic day. We have reached a breakthrough in the most important outstanding issue between Norway and the Russian Federation,” said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg prior to the…
Gas Hydrates-Not So Unconventional
Recent tests in the Arctic permafrost clearly demonstrates that gas hydrates can be produced using current technologies, opening the door for a new, viable energy source. For years, gas hydrates…
The Next Frontier
As we have now entered the International Polar Year (see also page 72), we should expect a strong focus on the development of fossil fuels in northern latitudes for the…