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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Looking down the wellbore
What is petrophysics? Spindletop was a PR disaster for the oil industry – not just because of the environmental damage, but also because it created a false impression that finding…
Asia and Africa Investment Dominate Early 2014
Egypt Both the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) launched international bid rounds early in January 2014. EGPC is offering 15 exploration blocks…
Bad science for good reasons?
In his book Bad Science, Ben Goldacre expertly attempts to explain ‘why clever people believe stupid things’. When offered up so succinctly, the pitfalls to bad decision-making are obvious, if…
How equal is equal?
The results of a recent online ‘Global Diversity and Inclusion’ survey of over 3,000 oil and gas professionals worldwide suggests that career prospects for women in the hydrocarbon industry have…