Fracture, Fracture Everywhere – Part I
Rock fractures are ubiquitous because rocks in the Earth’s upper crustal levels are brittle. However, the fractures show considerable variations due to their origin, geometry and rock properties. Given the…
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Communication
In my previous ‘Editor’s Patch’ on communicating the science and technology of our industry I concentrated on ‘What’ and ‘Why’ we should be communicating. I want to now take a…
The petrophysicist
The petrophysicist plans, interprets and analyses data from wells and ensures the output is in the most useful format for the recipient. This might mean planning a logging suite, requesting…
10th Anniversary Wrap Up
Now that the bunting has been put away and memories of the celebrations are consigned to the annals of folklore we bring you a quick review of prize-winners and stylish-dinners.…
10th Anniversary Photo Competition Results
Celebrating 10 years of GeoExPro we launched a Photography Competition. See the winning entries here. Finally, the results are in! Votes have been counted, prize winners have been notified and…
Completing the Picture
Enhancing the understanding of the Barents Sea with full-tensor-gravity gradiometry. The Barents Sea represents one of the largest areas of continental shelf on the globe and is a structurally complex region, composed of…
Think molecular. It translates into pay!
Petroleum source rocks can be formed in a variety of depositional environments. Key controls are organic matter production and preservation in the sediment. The organic matter deposited can be of…
People Are Afraid of What They Don’t Know
Nowadays, it often seems that we are being bombarded with information, and bombard others in our turn; but are we all actually communicating? Despite a plethora of facts, figures and…
Women in Charge
2014 was a landmark year for women in the oil and gas industry. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) was formed in 1917, the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) in 1951 and the…
10th Anniversary Photo Competition – Get your entries in now!
As we begin our 10th anniversary celebrations we invite you to take part in our photo competition. With the chance to win a range of prizes (including the opportunity to…
Bad science for good reasons?
In his book, ‘Bad Science’ (Fourth Estate, London), Ben Goldacre expertly attempts to explain ‘why clever people believe stupid things’. When offered up so succinctly the pitfalls to bad decision…
Magnetics and Fractures in Coal and Shale
Magnetic surveys can provide an economic alternative to seismic in the search for coal seam and shale gas, and do not impinge on the environment Coal seam and shale gas…