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An Overlooked Petroleum System

David Rajmon, GeoSophix and Vsevolod Egorov, Consulting Geoscientist
Is it possible to generate hydrocarbons over the oceanic crust? In petroleum exploration, the concept of hydrocarbon generation on the continental crust is completely accepted. However, modelling exercises demonstrate that,…

The Role Of Consultancy in the Exploration Industry

GEO ExPro
Why and when do we need to use consultants? Philip Angell, Managing Director of Dubai-based consulting firm Vision Project Services DMCC, explains. We are the piece of the puzzle that…

Supercomputers for Beginners – Part II

Lasse Amundsen, Statoil, Martin Landrø and Børge Arntsen, NTNU Trondheim
Energy companies need ever larger computers. This article is the second of three articles giving an introduction to supercomputers . Here, we look at the design of parallel software. Beta:…

The Road to OPEC 1960

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D
Holding 77% of world’s proven oil reserves and delivering 41% of production, OPEC has a powerful place in our world. Here we review how OPEC began and rose to its…

Back to Source Rocks: Part I

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.
The science and analytical techniques to investigate petroleum source rocks have been developed over the past four decades. Understanding the geology and geochemistry of source rocks is crucial to petroleum…

Building Africa’s Oil and Gas Future

Duncan Clarke. Global Pacific & Partners
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

Espen Erlingsen, Rystad Energy
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

Nick Cameron and ‘Mo’ Turnbull
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

Jane Whaley
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

Halfdan Carstens
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

Guest Author
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

Bernard Cooper
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…