Big Data Crowns a Career
Tolulope Ewherido, Vice President, Technical-Geoscience at ExxonMobil, is able to satisfy her passion for technology and her interest in Big Data, while steering the company towards the most efficient use…
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Using Cloud Technologies in Geosciences
How can cloud technologies help me as a geoscientist? Here we offer a demystifying guide and provide the answers to some of your questions. Within geoscience, the technical workflow is…
Increasing the Understanding of Coding in Oil and Gas
As we move into the world of machine learning and artificial intelligence, it is increasingly important that geoscientists gain a better understanding of coding and how it can be used…
Global Bid for Successful Licensing Rounds
What makes for a successful bid round – and what are the pitfalls to avoid? A momentary peak in oil price in late 2018, hitting $80, spurred amongst other things…
The Hydrocarbon Pre-Drill Prediction Toolbox
How sharp are the technologies in the hydrocarbon pre-drill prediction toolbox for calculating the Geological Chance for Success (GCOS) in oil and gas exploration? Geological Chance of Success (GCOS) Figure…
Creating Excitement in the Geosciences
At G-Camp teachers learn about geology through a very diverse and eye-opening field experience, returning to their classrooms eager to share their new-found knowledge and create excitement in the geosciences…
The Importance of Mentoring
Geoscientist Paola Tello Guerrero explains why she thinks mentoring is important – for both sides of the relationship. At what stage in your career did you first find a mentor?…
Wine Terroir and Petroleum Systems: Correlations and Contrasts
The quality of both wine and oil rely on a series of surrounding environmental factors that determine how distinctive and valuable the final organic product is. Two liquids. Possibly the…
The Olympus Oil Field Development Optimisation Challenge
Combined optimisation of well control and well placement for the improved production of oil and gas resources. What is the Olympus Challenge? The OLYMPUS Field Development Optimisation Challenge was developed…
Great Geologists by Mike Simmons
A history of some of the greatest geological minds introduces us to important geological controversies in this book “Great Geologists” by Mike Simmons. As Mike Simmons says in the introduction…
One Step Closer to Fully Automated Fault Extraction in 3D Seismic Data
To boldly go where no interpreter has gone before To Boldly Go Where No Interpreter Has Gone Before The Last Frontier in Seismic Interpretation: Automatic Fault Detection The Exmouth Basin…
Will US Oil Take Over the World?
Is the continuing rise in oil production from unconventional sources in the US financially viable? “In a major shift, the United States is set to produce more oil and liquids…