Combined optimisation of well control and well placement for the improved production of oil and gas resources.

The discovery of an exhumed oil field in the central Lusitanian Basin in Portugal has significantly enhanced the hydrocarbon potential of Lusitanian and Peniche Basins and the conjugate Carson-Bonnition Basin in Newfoundland.

New data reveals the potential for a new super basin – an accessible oil play lying within the world-class Maykop oil source of the underexplored East Black Sea Basin.

The Atlas Mountains, with their folded sedimentary rocks and thick-skinned faulting, soar above dramatic gorges, lush palm oases, crumbling kasbahs, and the exotic souk in Marrakesh.

Geophysics must change – but it must also remain meaningful.

A proposed new tectonic model for the northern Algerian Alpine Region based on studies of the Internal Zone rejects the previous model and suggests ideas for new hydrocarbon traps and prospects.

An unusual seismic acquisition configuration resolves the challenges of the Barents Sea through an innovative combination of streamer setup and advanced imaging technologies.

A new focus on innovation, technology and collaboration for the advancement of marine seismic acquisition is developing.

How can we attract the next generation into the oil and gas industry?

A Minute to Read: Rock Physics Technology AS take the next step in reservoir characterisation with their own innovative Inverse Rock Physics Modelling method for rock physics driven quantitative seismic interpretation.

EMGS has to date acquired 950 surveys in 36 countries and territories, from Spitsbergen to New Zealand, all calling on their specialist CSEM services.

A Minute to Read: Following the devastating Gorkha earthquake that shook Nepal in 2015 there has been an intensification of earthquake research on and beneath Mounth Manaslu.

A Minute to Read: Searcher Seismic have recently launched Saismic™, a cloud-based service that provides global seismic data on-demand with native support for deep learning and advanced analytics.

A Minute to Read: CGG, in partnership with TGS, will acquire a 5,000 km² multi-client 3D seismic survey in the Barents Sea this summer.

Latin America has the great geology to emulate the North American unconventional hydrocarbon saga, but other factors are determining a different path.