3D Printing – A Dip Into an Evolving Technology
Discover the latest developments in 3D printing techniques; from medical research to geological analysis. “The whole nature of trade, the whole nature of supply chain, changes fundamentally. I do not…
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Deepwater Renaissance
Deeper pockets – deeper drilling Jane Whaley “About a year ago I heard a representative from one of the supermajors confidently asserting that they had refined their deepwater drilling through…
When “Being Green” is Great for Business
Does it really cost that much to be environmentally friendly in O&G? Every organisation has the opportunity to make the right choices in order to contribute to a more sustainable…
Cath Norman: New Technologies Lead to Amazing Career
Cath Norman’s belief in the application of new airborne technologies led her to become Managing Director of the Australian exploration company which went on to make the biggest offshore oil…
Riding the Switchback
A Brief History of Booms and Busts: Part II This article continues the history of oil price booms and bust, and Part I can be read here. In this second…
A Cleaner Future for Drilling
Is it possible to drill with environmentally friendly fluids? Over the last 30 years, Oil Based Mud (OBM) and Synthetic Based Mud (SBM) have become the fluids of choice for…
Digitally Transforming Data Management for Geoscience
Technology and processes are changing rapidly, but data remains at the heart of everything we do. As the oil and gas industry recovers from the downturn, the surge of new…
Gas is on the rise
LNG sales reached 258 million tons in 2016 and the market is expected to double by 2030 Humans have harnessed naturally occurring gas for over 2,500 years, since the Chinese…
Why Dinosaurs – and Outreach – Matter
Review of the PESGB’s GEOLiteracy Tour “Which of these is a dinosaur?” asks Professor Ken Lacovara, showing his audience pictures of a pterodactyl and a fluffy penguin chick (answer: the…
A New Era For LNG
Low energy prices provide a challenging environment for new liquefied natural gas projects The 2015 United Nations COP21 meeting in Paris saw world leaders finally commit to measures to limit…
Learning on the Rocks
Helping non-geologists gain a better understanding of reservoir geology by exposing them to outcrops, in multidisciplinary teams, with geological guides on hand Understanding the geology of a potential or producing…
Induced or Triggered Seismicity – A long term approach
Long term passive monitoring requirements for the identification and regulation of human-induced seismicity The challenge of linking seismicity with human activity is not a new one. Surface seismic networks, for…