Europe versus US oil majors
European oil majors face a structural dilemma: How to balance near-term hydrocarbon revenue with long-term renewable ambitions under relentless shareholder and public scrutiny. While USA peers largely doubled down on…
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The story behind Mexico’s biggest discovery in decades
What does it take to make the biggest discovery a country has seen in decades? How do you do that as a newcomer? You do that because you see things…
Why post well analysis matters
Most companies are aware of the value of doing post well analysis (PWA). But it is often done in spreadsheets. In that case, there is a high risk for myths…
When energy stopped being treated as real
The policy responses of that period reflected this understanding. France invested heavily in nuclear power to reduce exposure to imported fuels. The UK committed capital and labour to developing the…
From the shores of Lake Geneva to NEOM in Saudi
Nicolas de Varreux. “What are you doing?” Nicolas de Varreux asked his neighbour in Switzerland when a drilling rig rolled into his garden back in the summer of 2005. He…
Are sea cucumbers in a pickle?
In March this year, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) member states met and negotiated over two weeks in Kingston, Jamaica, to discuss the future of seabed mining. But yet again,…
Who retires first – me or the field I’m working on?
Full disclosure: the thoughts put down in this article are all my own. I have not performed any interviews for this piece, and draw purely on observations made over the…
It doesn’t need to be clay mineral diagenesis
Last year, we published an article about the presence of freshwater signals in deep-marine sandstones. It was an observation made by an explorer in the Pomboo well drilled in deepwater…
Collaborative solutions to above-ground exploration challenges
EnerGeo Alliance programs are structured, collaborative initiatives designed to address non-competitive challenges facing the energy geoscience and exploration industry. These challenges span regulation, environmental stewardship, operational efficiency, and data integrity…
Recognising structural inversion
In structural geology, inversion describes a situation where a fault or structure is reactivated with the opposite sense of movement from its original displacement. The most common type is positive…
What words mean
Do we both have the same concept in mind when we talk about a 3D model? “No,” says Katya Casey, “surely not.” That notion shaped her career and the style…
Venezuela, Greenland, Iran and oil
Javier Blas wrote in a recent post that “the US shale revolution hands the US a much stronger hand in controlling prices.” That’s why he suggested that the oil price…