Getting increasingly complicated reservoirs to surface
“In a way, we have benefitted from the slowdown in drilling activity”, says Steve Rait from Reservoir Group when we meet at the company’s coring headquarters just north of Europe’s…
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Seismic ocean bottom node acquisition without ROV
Guided by industry demand for improved efficiency and reduced costs for the acquisition of sparse node grid seismic and 2D transects, Allton was led to research and develop an innovative…
Working in oil and gas requires resilience
“If the oil price drops even further, it’s game over for the North Sea”, said a colleague in September 2014 when the big oil price tumble had just begun. I…
Shallow clastic targets and electro-magnetic surveys – a good match
“The most interesting test for our technology is the upcoming drilling campaign near the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea”, said Martin Hansen, Daniel Baltar and Friedrich Roth from EMGS…
The forgotten value of (seismic) tapes
“I’m probably the only tape machine specialist left in northwest Europe”, says Egil Simones from ET Works when we meet at the EAGE Conference in Oslo this week. Egil is…
Heat flow as a basin model calibration? Not really
Many exploration geologists who work in data-lean basins or who do not have access to well data turn to published heat flow data as a calibration for basin models. More…
Natural gas, playing chicken on the energy transition road
“In the West, many people are of the impression that a radical shift from oil and gas (red meat) to a rapid and complete phase-out of hydrocarbons (vegan) is the…
Playing with seismic processing as a parameter during inversion
“I had the luck of seeing how the sausage was made”, says Bill Shea at the start of our conversation, “and it made me feel uncomfortable.” Bill is the CEO…
Grain size distribution matters
For sedimentologists, describing the grain size of core samples is key because it provides valuable information about the sedimentary environment, depositional processes, petrophysical properties, and the history of the area…
Brushing up on your geothermal vocabulary
It must have been a major exercise to write the paper that was published recently by authors Maryam Khodayar and Sveinbjörn Björnsson in the Open Journal of Geology. I know…
Answering the 3-billion fossil question
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) is undertaking a massive and innovative project to digitalize their comprehensive archive of palynology slides, thereby propelling the field of biostratigraphy into the digital age.…
The globalization of gas
In 2022, Europe witnessed an energy crisis like no other in modern times. Natural gas prices soared, hitting a historic high of more than €330 per MWh in August 2022.…