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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…

Can we stop exploring?

“Why would we still explore for oil and gas?” asked René Jonk from ACT GEO at the end of his talk for the Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain this…

TMC’s bold move

Frustrated by delays at the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN-affiliated body regulating mining in international waters, TMC is making a daring move. In Q2 2025, the Canadian company plans…

Is it a true conjugate fracture set?

Conjugate faults or frac­tures are a set of shear frac­tures that formed simul­taneously under the same stress conditions. According to Ander­sonian Fault Theory, this could involve a series of left-lateral…

Fault-valve behaviour of petroleum traps

When evaluating fault-bound traps, it is common practice to map around-the-fault pathways through diligent seismic interpretation, juxtaposition diagrams, and 3D structural framework construc­tion. It is also common practice to ad­dress…