Does Lightning Strike Twice?
Benjamin and William Franklin risked their lives when conducting their famous lightning experiment in Philadelphia in 1752. A simple silk kite was sent aloft in a storm. A wire at…
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Using AI to Estimate Hydrocarbon Prospect Size
With the recent advances in technology and adoption of machine learning in geosciences, is it time for AI to take a hand in estimating hydrocarbon prospect sizes? Comparing company pre-drilling…
Worldwide Energy Shortage
Almost one billion people, 13% of the world’s population, still do not have electricity in their homes. The three-stone open fire: still the main method of cooking in many…
Geophysical Technology: PGS Marine Vibrators
Part 2: Early developments of marine vibrators for geophysical acquisition techniques made by PGS. Once you know what you want in life…like a magnet you attract the resources necessary to…
Ocean-Bottom Nodal Seismic
Ocean-bottom seismic acquisition is encroaching on the traditional marine streamer market by offering unique, scalable and efficient solutions for exploration and development of oil and gas. A New Wave in…
Dr. Munim M. Al-Rawi
Dr. Munim M. Al-Rawi, a highly-respected and pioneering Iraqi-Irish geologist, and popular contributor to GEO ExPro Magazine, died suddenly but peacefully on 1 November 2018 at his home in Ireland.…
Next Generation Hydrocarbon Exploration
Integrating technologies for basin analysis improves geological and geophysical models, enabling the next generation of hydrocarbon exploration. Seismic Interpretation Workflows Typically, seismic data processing employs a limited consideration for the…
Sediment Provenance Analysis
Integration of sediment provenance analytical techniques is yielding critical new insights for hydrocarbon explorers around the world. Sediment provenance analysis has become increasingly popular in the last decade due to…
Advancing Geophysical Science
Propelling the science of geophysics through cooperation to meet the grand challenges of tomorrow. Geophysical research needs to continue to forge ahead to ensure that the acquisition, processing and imaging…
Carbonate Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
The 2006 discovery at Tupi, offshore Brazil, opened up a new chapter for petroleum reservoirs: lacustrine carbonates capable of producing hydrocarbons at extremely high rates. Introduction The 2006 discovery at…
Is a Conjugate Margin an Analog?
Since the discovery of Tupi in Brazil and Jubilee in Ghana, the search has been on to prove that discoveries on one side of the Atlantic can be mirrored across…
Bright spots in petroleum exploration
Mike Forrest was responsible for recognizing and helping develop the use of seismic amplitude anomalies, or ‘bright spots’, in petroleum exploration. After a 37-year career with Shell and five years…