Pandemic Affects Oil and Gas Licensing Plans
The upstream part of the oil and gas industry has been particularly disrupted with the global impact of the pandemic massively reducing the demand for oil and gas during 2020…
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A Difficult Energy Transition
The transition to cleaner energy sources poses a challenge to many NOCs. A Difficult Energy Transition In the last edition of GEO ExPro, we discussed how the supermajor E&P companies…
Unconventional Formation Evaluation: Advanced Surface Logging Solutions
GEOLOG Surface Logging has developed solutions utilising mud gas and drill cuttings to deliver hydrocarbon and formation characterisation. Ongoing market pressure has led operators to focus on cost-control, seeking improved…
Championing Secure Energy Supply
Iman Hill, the new Executive Director of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) talks to GEO ExPro Editor in Chief, Iain Brown, about her new leadership role…
TGS Launches New Energy Solutions
In February, TGS announced the launch of its New Energy Solutions (NES) business, which will provide data and insights directed towards industries actively contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas…
Environmental Monitoring from Space
This year, Capterio launched their free-to-download flare-tracking application (FlareIntel), and CGG their new monitoring solution that provides sea surface slick intelligence data (SeaScope). Gas Flaring is coming under increasing scrutiny…
Seabed mineral exploration
Seabed mining is very much in the news today, following initiatives from the Norwegian authorities who are encouraging companies and organisations to develop technical solutions to help kick-start and service…
How Machine Learning is Helping Seismic Structural Interpreters in The Age of Big Data
This seismic fault interpretation workflow integrates geological knowledge, machine learning (ML) and deterministic techniques aimed at mapping and characterizing a fault framework with geological consistency. The availability of large 3D…
Ocean Bottom Seismic: Robots on the Seabed
Will automation in ocean bottom seismic revolutionise operations and cut costs? It is generally accepted within the seismic acquisition industry that seabed seismic receivers deliver superior seismic data and consequently…
Geomicrobial Exploration
Microbial magic: how medical DNA fingerprinting can de-risk hydrocarbon exploration and production. Geomicrobial exploration is a novel technique within geochemical exploration. It uses the same base principle of detecting a…
Geotalks Webinar Recording: “Why on Earth have they put a Geologist on Mars?”
Mars is home to the solar systems’ largest volcano, its deepest canyon, and it has thick sedimentary rock formations that are mind bogglingly old. Join Dr Neil Hodgson to look…
The Geology of Mars: Percy Rover’s Epic Search For Life
For over three billion years the surface of Mars has been sculpted by the gentle winds of a thin atmosphere, volcanism and meteorite impacts. Understanding this geology is the key…