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Creating a source rock and storing it for good

“We started as a project when Swiss supermarket concern Migros wanted to find a solution to process its food waste in a carbon-neutral way,” says geologist Tim Baars from Recoal.…

The E&P industry of the future

An industry in transition or transformation? The upstream E&P sector has faced challenges over the last decade, including a downturn, the energy transition, and COVID-19. The industry is resilient but…

Estimates of trapped hydrogen globally – a reality check

Over the last few years, there has been a continu­ous stream of news cover­age on “ground-breaking natural-hydrogen discoveries.” A paper by Ellis and Gelman, published late last year, very much…

Fresh water in deep-marine sandstones – how come?

“A famous example of anchoring is finding a high resistivity anomaly on a structure in a deep-water turbidite play and assuming it can only be pe­troleum related,” wrote exploration geologist…

Deciphering Earth’s secrets

Faults on geolog­ical maps are far more than just lines; they are a critical form of communication, conveying essential infor­mation about the Earth’s subsurface structure and tectonic history. Central to…

Subsurface noise, Issue 1, 2025

HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE ON YOUR PAYROLL WHEN YOUR ASSETS HAVE ALL CEASED PRODUCTION? That’s the question one particular operator faces in the North Sea. And they have found a…