Premature predictions for LNG?
The trade in liquefied natural gas (LNG) has risen almost without interruption for thirty years, doubling since 2000. However, 2012 saw an unexpected ‘blip’ in the upward trend and in…
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Southern Hemisphere Offers Prospective and Challenging Opportunities
New Zealand Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges has opened the government’s Block Offer 2013 comprising 189,000 km2 offshore and over 1,500 km2 onshore. These include three defined onshore blocks in Taranaki,…
GEO ExPro Turns Ten
Distributed to more than 60 countries; online readers in 183 countries – GEO ExPro has become a global magazine in just ten years. “We want to assist those concerned with…
Achieving staff integration through training
HOW DID ESANDA GET INVOLVED IN TRAINING? The training arm of Esanda has developed organically as our client companies have identified a need to improve integration among their staff and, in particular, to demystify…
A Minute to Read
Paradise Arrives Geophysical Insights, the Houston-based geosciences company, chose SEG 2013 in September to announce the commercial launch of Paradise™, a geosciences analytic software platform. Paradise executes and manages workflows based…
Using Gravity to Enhance Recovery
4D gravity data is a very useful additional and independent source of information for monitoring reservoirs. Conceptual picture of water influx in reservoir during gas takeout. Water replacing gas in…
A Challenging Job!
A move from geophysical R&D into marketing, sparked partly by his proficiency in English, was an unusual career path for BGP geophysicist Liu Juxiang, but it has taken him all…
Frack Off! But Where To?
Only someone who has spent the last five years in the remote Amazon rainforest could be unaware of the influence of unconventional hydrocarbon resources on the economy of the United…
The Transparent Imperative
Why oil and gas companies must master social media. The oil and gas industry is seen by and large with great scepticism by the American and European public, and are…
Hearing With Light!
Silixa’s intelligent Distributed Acoustic Sensor™ uses fibre optics to push the boundaries of seismic applications, as demonstrated through studies undertaken in Greece and the US. Most people are familiar with…
Shale Gas: Promises, Challenges and Global Implications
As is well known, shale gas and other unconventional resources have revolutionised the hydrocarbon industry in the US, and the country is expected to become a net exporter of gas…
The Canadian Driller: A Life in Oil
Bert Blanche started his long career in the oil industry as a roughneck in Texas in 1930. His son Bruce, who became a geologist in the oil industry, tells us…