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Building Africa’s Oil and Gas Future

Commercial and organisational reforms together with sound advice and networks are needed to move Africa forward in the present challenging environment. Africa’s continental oil and gas game flourished on long-term trend…

Converting Discoveries Into Production

A key challenge for the E&P industry over the few next years will be to mature the discoveries made during the last five years, and convert them into commercial fields.…

The Ross Sea, Antarctica

Remoteness and extreme weather, coupled with increasing environmental concerns, mean that only about 200 visitors reach the Ross Sea each year – but once there they are rewarded with spectacular…

The Lifeblood of the Industry

There is a lot of depressing news out there. Shell, Marathon, Anadarko, Husky Energy, Chesapeake… just a few of the O&G companies which posted poor third quarter results. Virtually every day an exploration or service company announces layoffs, and…

Explaining US$85 per Barrel

Nobody – absolutely nobody – was able to predict what was about to happen. In just three years, oil production from tight* reservoirs in the US tripled from 1 MMbopd…

The pore pressure expert

Pore pressure models play a crucial role in the E&P workflow, from the early exploration phase to the final stage of field production. Pore pressure models and predictions are important…

Barents Sea Atlas Goes Digital

Atlas of the Geological History of the Barents Sea Editors : Morten Smelror, Oleg V. Petrov, Geir Birger Larssen and Stephanie C. Werner. Geological Survey of Norway, 2009. Available online:http://issuu.com/ngu_/docs/atlas_-_geological_history_of_the_b?e=3609664/9026048…

Supercomputers for Beginners – Part I

Supercomputers analyse vast amounts of data, faster and more accurately. By 2020 they will be doing a quintillion calculations per second. This article provides a simple guide to supercomputers. ‘f…

Water Matters!

Water occurs virtually everywhere in oil and gas fields – yet it is often ignored. But the composition of today´s formation water is the result of multiple hydrogeochemical processes, and…

The Pain and Sorrow of Reservoir Modeling

Back in the late eighties our ambition was to put modeling capabilities on every geoscientist’s desk. Now in 2015 that aim has been achieved, but are we actually producing the…

A Gloomy Future?

Will the crude oil price break through in 20 years’ time? Or will tight oil and renewable energy work in parallel to keep the price low? At the time of…

Environmentally Friendly Seismic Source

eSource is a tunable, flexible seismic source which reduces the high frequency emissions that can affect marine life. Everyone working in the oil and gas industry is aware of the importance of…