Alaska North Slope: Source Rocks Hold Promise
The US Geological Survey’s recently completed assessment of three North Slope shale plays indicates a potential of two billion barrels of recoverable oil and eighty trillion feet of gas. In…
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Oil Prices Under Pressure
They should rise with accelerated growth in the second half of the year Oil prices came under heavy pressure in the first weeks of April. Weaker-than-expected macroeconomic data from…
Insights from Space!
With recent offshore gas discoveries reviving interest in the Eastern Mediterranean region, a variety of methodologies can be used to assess potential, including using data from satellites orbiting the earth.…
Demand and Salaries Rising
An Oil and Gas Global Salary Guide sheds insights on the employment situation With the geosciences and subsurface industry constantly growing with further exploration and development worldwide, the demand for…
Port Moresby: Colorful but Troubled
Despite having a dangerous reputation, Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, is expanding fast, principally as a result of a major LNG project. Repeatedly finding itself in the…
Broadband Seismic Technology and Beyond
Part I: The Drive For Better Bandwidth And Resolution Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road. One such…
Leading a global organisation
What do you think were the most exciting developments in the industry in 2012? To me, the most exciting development is realising the economic impact that unconventional plays are having…
Folds and Folding – Part I
Rock folds are found in various shapes and sizes on Earth, and people are often amazed to see how large blocks of hard rocks have been folded like ocean waves.…
The Dark Horse Upstream
In 2008, Petrohawk of Houston made the now historic Texas Eagle Ford shale discovery after consulting geochemical data from a nearly forgotten 50-year-old wellbore. The basic 1950s geochemistry confirmed sufficient…
Getting the Message Right
Join the Conversation’, followed by a plethora of social media tools (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook) is a headline seen on more than one major oil or gas company’s website – but…
Challenging the Industry
As discussed in our cover story, geochemistry is the unsung and under-used star of hydrocarbon exploration, despite first being employed back in the 1930s. Yet the application of this science…
Stimulating Exploration Growth
How can oil companies be encouraged to continue exploring in a mature area like the UK Continental Shelf? John Austin, Managing Director of OMV in the UK and Chairman of…