Hiding in the Basement
Following a string of exploration successes, Robert Trice of Hurricane Energy believes that, with the correct data, only imagination is needed to unlock the UK’s huge basement resource potential. Ed’s…
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A Light in the Downturn
Geochemical innovation for today’s explorers In today’s hardscrabble upstream economy, meager analytical budgets are the rule even among E&P companies with a strong scientific focus. When only ‘necessary’ analyses are…
The Geochemist’s Tool Box
The conjugate petroleum systems of the North Atlantic, finding hydrocarbons and developing the assets – all viewed through the oil-stained spectacles of geochemistry. The North Atlantic region has seen some…
Codes and Ciphers – PART II
Guest Contributors: Johan O. A. Robertsson and Dirk-Jan Van Manen (ETH Zurich, Institute of Geophysics). Editors: Lasse Amundsen and Martin Landrø. Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and…
The Morality of a Zealot
Regular contributor Nikki Jones reviews the book that claims to explain ‘why humanity’s use of fossil fuels is actually a healthy, moral choice.’ On the broad spectrum of views on…
Malaysia: Second Deepwater Gas Find
For the second time in 2014 Shell has confirmed a deepwater gas discovery in Block SK318 offshore Sarawak, results that are seen as very positive indicators for the gas potential of the area. The…
Activity Picking Up in 2017
The sanctioning of new projects is expected to pick up in the North Atlantic Between 2010 and 2014 activity on the North Atlantic region was at an all-time high, reaching…
Taking the Plunge: How nodes can navigate ocean bottom seismic into the mainstream
Norwegian start-up company inApril explain why they took the plunge into the ocean bottom seismic market. It is sometimes said that it took nearly 30 years for towed-streamer 3D marine…
Some Basic Facts
Oil is still no. 1, but renewables are picking up fast – very fast. Global energy consumption grew by only 1.0% in 2015. This is in line with 2014 (1.1%),…
Fundamentals of Reservoir Understanding
An industry tendency to resort to overly complicated modelling and simulation software is being challenged in the existing low oil-price environment. Some are now utilising low-cost solutions, highlighting the fundamentals…
Searching for Overlooked and Underexplored Frontiers
As a founding partner of Kosmos Energy, Paul Dailly has been involved in some of the most exciting and significant discoveries of recent years. He tells us the story behind…
Optimists and Pessimists
Experts are divided when predicting the oil market As Jarand Rystad of Rystad Energy recently pointed out, several important questions face the industry: when will the oil market rebalance? What…