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AI: a Game Changer in Seismic Acquisition and Processing

Leveraging artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, predictability and performance in seismic acquisition and processing. A recent Gartner seminar made the bold prediction that “in the near-term AI will not replace…

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…

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…

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…

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…