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Unique and Fast Analysis in the Field

Alireza Somarin
Field-portable x-ray fluorescence (FPXRF) is a technique that is gaining momentum and acceptance in addressing applications in various fields in geology and mining. Thousands of these instruments are currently used…

The World in Our Hands?

Nikki Jones
The Petroleum Society of Great Britain’s PETEX Conference, held in November last year, had one unusual draw – a debate on ‘Obtaining a Social Licence to Operate, a Challenge for…

Know Your Faults! Part II

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.
Part II: In the first part of this feature, we looked at the geometric representation and identification of faults. In this concluding article, we review the slip classification, stress orientations…

Connecting Operators and Geologists

Daniel Young
GeoPlacer.com is a recently launched website that connects competence-assessed wellsite and operations geologists with clients, which officially opened online registration for operators at PETEX 2012 in London. Since its unveiling…

Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains

Rasoul Sorkhabi
A new book describes the processes involved in mountain-building and sheds light on the significance of orogenesis to the petroleum industry. Through the centuries, people have been drawn to mountains…

Reading Between the Lines

Steve Harries
Point-receiver data, isometrically sampled in both crossline and inline directions, fully captures the three-dimensional seismic wavefield for the first time. Even the most cursory study of an outcrop such as…

60 Years of Innovation

Ken White
Emerging through privatization of state entities, Romanian company Prospectiuni has developed into the leading geophysical and geological service company in south-east Europe, and now operates in the Middle East and…

Big Numbers – Substantial Growth

Halfdan Carstens
By increasing the daily output from today’s 3 MMbo to 8.3 MMbo, Iraq will be largest contributor to global supply growth over the period to 2035 Iraq is currently producing…

Historical Oil Documentary Films

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.
A chronicle of historical documentary films on oil: your parents and grandparents may have watched these on their old TV sets, but you can now see them on YouTube! Although…

An Imprecise Science

Jane Whaley - Editor in Chief
In October this year, six geoscientists were jailed for not predicting the imminence and severity of the earthquake which hit the Italian town of L’Aquila in April 2009, killing 309…

Thirteen years in the life of a super-major

Nikki Jones
In a rare, candid interview with a Wall Street oil analyst, Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil from 1999 to 2005, was asked what was the one issue that kept him…