Geoscientist Thomas Chidsey: Going the extra mile
After working with Thomas Chidsey and using his knowledge of a variety of geologic subjects, I realized that he is a special, one-of-a-kind person. Yet, when co-worker Michael Vanden Berg,…
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Encouraging girls into geoscience
Sarah Boulton and Jodie Fisher from Plymouth University tell us about Girls into Geoscience, a UK initiative aimed at letting female secondary school pupils know more about the subject. Left:…
Hydraulic Fracturing and Environmental Issues: A Third Perspective
Review of Environmental Considerations Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing Operations: Adjusting to the Shale Revolution in a Green World, by James A. Jacobs and Stephen M. Testa Wiley, New York, 2019.…
Artificial Intelligence and Petroleum System Risk Assessment
Using artificial intelligence to assess hydrocarbon charge risks. AI and Petroleum System Risk Assessment At this turning point for the oil and gas industry, with escalating competitiveness and a need…
Machine Learning in Oil and Gas Exploration
Machine learning in oil and gas exploration and production has successfully begun to scale up from pilots to specific and bespoke industrial solutions – but must remain grounded in the…
Disruptive Subsurface Interpretation Software
The latest version of Eliis’s intuitive, semi-automatic subsurface interpretation software, PaleoScan, brings enhanced geological modelling and improved automatic fault extraction workflows to the geoscience community for use in oil and…
Bernard Duval: Vive L’Aventure!
According to Bernard Duval, geologists are the happiest people around because “we have fun!” He tells us about his long and illustrious career in oil and gas exploration, for which…
Revolutionising the Prediction of Reservoir Performance using AI
Coupling deep learning methods with dynamic reservoir models can result in tremendous time saving and more reliable production forecasts in oil and gas production. Reservoir models are vitally important in…
Energy Transition and the Community
Why doesn’t the oil industry just stop exploring for and pumping out oil? I recently had a very interesting and, to be honest, nerve-wracking experience, when I was asked to…
GEO ExPro Vol. 16, No. 6 Out Now!
Geoscience magazine GEO ExPro Vol. 16, No. 6 is available for download. This edition of GEO ExPro Magazine focuses on Europe and Frontier Exploration, Modelling and Mapping, and Geochemistry. The…
Visualising 3D Data in Oil and Gas
Immersive, shared wrap-around sound and vision is ideal both for collaborative teamwork and for cost-effective safe training in the oil and gas industry. The evolution of any new technological idea…
Developments in the Marine Seismic Business
Earlier this year a merger was announced between TGS-Nopec and Spectrum. Kristian Johansen, CEO of TGS and now of the merged company, talks to us about trends in the marine…