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Producing more by producing less

“The pressure in the separation unit, where the produced oil is separat­ed from gas, is the ultimate driver for your entire field development approach,” says Alexey Danilko, production engineer at…

What do air hockey and induced seismicity have in common?

At first glance, air hockey – a fast-paced arcade game – and induced seismicity – earthquakes trig­gered by human activity – seem unrelated. Yet, both share a fascinating connection through…

Subsurface noise, Issue 5, 2025

MOPANE DOES NOT GIVE AWAY ITS SECRETS Namibia is an exploration hotspot, and for that reason, many people flocked to the presentation that GALP was delivering about the Mopane discovery…

It’s time to introduce chromostratigraphy

“Off-white, grey, quartz-rich, some occluded quartz and kaolinite.” Simon Molyneux cites the description of a cutting sample from a composite well log, which is thought to represent an interval of…

“FWI has changed the game”

“I’m a petroleum engineer, but I’ve been in the exploration and seis­mic business since the 1970s,” says Rafael when we meet on Teams a week before the IMAGE Conference in…