Great Expectations: Oil and Gas Drilling Campaigns in 2019
A number of interesting, but not very adventurous, drilling campaigns in oil and gas exploration are planned for 2019. A summary of expected wildcat drilling campaigns around the world for…
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New Life to Old Maps
Regional maps combining both vintage and modern interpretations are vital tools for both students and professionals. What Do We Need? Exploration geoscientists understand the need for regional comprehension to frame…
Defining the Future of the Oil and Gas Industry
Embracing the energy transition and improving the general perception and knowledge of the energy industry will help define the future of oil and gas. World liquid fuels production and…
Reservoir Model Gridding: Bridging Seismic Interpretation & Reservoir Modelling
Geoscience software that bridges seismic interpretation and reservoir modelling with the generation of a geocellular grid – accurately delineating the geometries of the geology. The goal of reservoir modelling is…
Making the Impossible Possible in Oil and Gas Exploration
Wherever the petroleum industry finds a challenge, great technological minds come up with a solution to improve the exploration, production and development of oil and gas resources. In 2,450m of…
Using Parallel Margins as Analogues
It’s not just conjugate margins that can provide viable analogues. A comparison of the known hydrocarbon systems in the Perth Basin of Australia and the Morondava Basin of Madagascar provides…
Invest in Big Data
The business value to transform subsurface data into a digital format is tremendous, and well worth the investment. In a typical oil and gas digital transformation project, ten terabytes holds…
A New Era for Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry
Full Tensor Gravity GradiometryTM (FTG) has entered a new era with multiclient acquisitions. Bell’s proposed Sri Lanka FTG survey. © Bell Geospace. Full Tensor Gravity GradiometryTM (FTG) has entered a…
Mapping the future
Why are you fascinated by maps? Francis Cram studied at the universities of Bristol and Manchester before embarking on a career as a petroleum geologist, working on international projects in…
A Lot of Different Flowers: Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Oil, Gas and Energy Industry
An old saying goes: “A lot of different flowers make a bouquet”. The business case for diversity and inclusion in the workplace is well proven; so what can the E&P…
Building Local Content Through Education
A new working model for building equitable relationships in international academic partnerships. Elphinstone Hall at the University of Aberdeen. Building local content, also known as capacity building, is a key…
Energy and Climate Change
A review of Michael Stephenson’s book titled: “Energy and Climate Change: An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations” published in 2018 by Elsevier. Introducing the Author: Professor Michael Stephenson…