Palynology reinvented
An old technique re-imagined and reducing uncertainty in CCS sites. Palynology Reinvented Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial and power sources and storing it in subsurface geological formations is an…
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Maximising the potential of seismic expressions
Spectral decomposition methods are widely used to highlight geological features according to their frequency content. However, the frequencies characterising the targeted event might vary spatially, which complicates their extraction as…
Evaluating Fluid Drainage Dynamics in Resource Plays
In this article we discuss how fluid chemistry can be deployed to directly confirm or refine the assumptions made when optimising developments in hydrocarbon production from resource plays.
Multiclient Seismic Data
While hydrocarbon resources are said to be scarce nowadays, it is comforting to know that there are still many unexplored geological provinces around the world. In fact, it is sometimes…
“Land Plants Didn’t Evolve Until the Silurian”
If you were to ask my wife when plants first evolved, she would answer without hesitation (in a mock pompous voice) “land plants didn’t evolve until the Silurian”! She is…
Geoscience Internships: Time to Invest!
In this short editorial, Editor in Chief Iain Brown discusses the need to offer more internships to young petroleum geoscientists engaged in their postgraduate studies or seeking their first industry…
Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part XV – A Greenhouse Model for Stratospheric Cooling
Stratospheric cooling is considered to be one of the fingerprints of anthropogenic global warming. In this article, we present observations. It should be apparent from the title of this article…
An exciting future for geoscientists
Max Brouwers is an experienced geoscientist who spent 25 successful years with Shell. In this interview, Max tells us about his journey with the energy transition. Max Brouwers is an…
Who Owns the Oil?
The why and how of unitisation. Nature does not respect the licence boundaries drawn on a map by humans. Oil and gas accumulations straddling licence boundaries are common. The size…
The Incredible World of Fossils
I fell in love with fossils like many others, as a child, hunting on the world-famous Jurassic Coast in Dorset in the UK, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and location…
The Sub-Salt Imaging Challenge
Throughout the world, sub-salt imaging remains a major issue. Service and oil companies are striving to meet this challenge. Sub-Salt Imaging Challenge
Recent advances in climate change research: Part XIV – The doom of a photon on a random walk
The history of an individual infrared photon being emitted upwards from Earth’s surface into a static atmosphere is analysed as a one-dimensional random walk. Will it return to Earth, or…