A passion for the product
“My best tip for salespeople new to the job is to establish long-term relationships with clients. Let them know you will go the extra mile and show them a passion…
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FWI Imaging under complex geological anomalies
Map of Offshore Liberia with project location in orange. Figure 2: a) Tomography and 15Hz DM FWI (refraction) velocity model; b) Additional higher frequency DM FWI run up to 40Hz…
A new hydrogen play
Exploration for geologically occurring hydrogen is taking off worldwide. In May, FDE announced a serendipitous discovery of hydrogen whilst drilling for coalbed methane in the Lorraine region in France. In…
ISA: No quick decisions despite deadline breach
The Metals Company (TMC) is eager to begin production. They might be the first company in the world to start deep sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), located in…
If you are not using ensemble modeling, you are most likely leaving money on the table
Most reservoir development or management decisions require a three-dimensional numerical representation of the reservoir. Intuitively, that digital representation consists of a single model to which all subsurface disciplines contribute to…
Understanding geothermal energy
The energy contained in a geothermal fluid is defined by its enthalpy, generally given in kilojoules per kilogram (kJ/kg). For a liquid, the enthalpy is primarily determined by its temperature.…
From Statfjord Øst to Suriname – this week’s subsurface news and observations
Longboat – Acquiring interest in Statfjord Øst A small surprise this week was to see Longboat Energy acquiring a 4.8% share from INPEX in one of the most mature fields…
Using GR and dipmeter, it is possible to differentiate between proximal and distal settings (parallel to flow) in deep-water environments?
Deep-water depositional environments add another level of complexity compared to many other environments”, says expert Bryan Cronin when I visit him in his sea-front cottage in Aberdeen. Bryan has been…
95% of seismic data was unused – for the wrong reasons
“My first start-up failed”, said Bill Shea at the EAGE Annual in Vienna recently. “But, maybe it was meant to be, because the second time it went much better and…
The basics of submersible pumps in geothermal projects
Pumped-well geothermal projects utilize “binary” power plant technology which consists of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) heat exchangers. The geothermal fluid is pumped from the wells as a single phase liquid…
Fast and slow catastrophes trapping slope and basin floor plays
Fast and slow catastrophes trapping slope and basin floor plays How slumping, sliding and folding of passive margin stratigraphy creates the elements for successful exploration while the latest seismic imaging…
Companies feel pressure to accelerate frontier exploration
“I might as well go gardening if it was not my role to speed up the process of discovering reserves through frontier exploration”, said Neil Hodgson from Searcher. One of…