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Review of the PESGB’s GEOLiteracy Tour

Niels Bohr famously said that 'making predictions is very difficult, especially about the future'. In the modern world has this maxim ever been truer?

The long road to recovery

Gas for power generation needed

Evidence of a more scientific approach, combined with some unusual collaborations, could truly be described as blue sky thinking

As we come to the close of another challenging year in the O&G calendar, will 2018 bring better times?

With a 100 year history; capturing carbon dioxide now plays a pivotal role in the recovery of hydrocarbons.

There is a seriously poor balance between middle management, young professionals and experienced personnel, but what can we do to improve equal employment opportunities in oil & gas?

A glimmer of optimism is appearing for oil and gas exploration as we encourage industry collaborations to focus on maintaining efficiency, reliability and capital discipline.

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 see your photo on our front cover) you really should think about dusting off those lens caps and getting your entry in now.

Almost one billion people, 13% of the world’s population, still do not have electricity in their homes.

With significant population and economic growth in the ASEAN countries, there is an urgent demand for new resources to feed this and future development and reduce dependence on coal and imported oil.

Wherever the petroleum industry finds a challenge, great technological minds come up with a solution to improve the exploration, production and development of oil and gas resources.

Charon, Pluto's largest moon, has reddish colouring at its poles. Could hydrocarbons be the source of the 'staining' of this enigmatic distant planet?

What are the alternatives?

Is the industry in a sufficient state of flux to describe it as moving into a new epoch?

Belated Happy New Year, 2015!

Without Saudi Arabia’s calming words, we are now abandoned to the market.

With few discoveries of note in 2015, we continue to use more hydrocarbons than we find.

How much do fossil fuel companies benefit from the public purse?

Experts are divided when predicting the oil market

With Iranian export sanctions about to be lifted, what effect will this potential influx of hydrocarbons have on the already pressurised price of oil?

E&P industry workers face some of the most difficult working conditions of any profession.

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Africa and South America together contributed ~20% of the world’s total oil production in 2013 but in the current industry downturn investment dollars may move away from ‘difficult’ countries to ones where there are fewer bureaucratic obstacles and that could impact both continents badly.

A recent UN agreement aimed at countering anthropogenic climate change is predicted to have a major impact on the oil and gas industry. What, if anything, is being done to protect industry interests?

As the oil price continues bouncing around the $45 mark, and it feels as though it is impossible to tighten belts any further, one word has come to represent the way ahead: innovation.

Arctic waters hold vast undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves, but will they ever be exploited?

Exploration discoveries are at their lowest ebb for 70 years but one continent seems to be bucking the trend. Since 2015, nine of the biggest global discoveries have been in Africa.

It's the hottest topic of conversation around the office water cooler and everyone has an opinion on where the oil price will go next. Now we are giving you the chance to demonstrate that you have your finger on the oil industry pulse by inviting you to predict the oil price and to win an Amazon voucher.

Exploration success puts a smile on the face of industry-academic collaboration.

Lessons from history. With apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

What is it?

GEBCO plans a comprehensive mapping of the entire ocean floor.

On 9 February 1917, geologists gathered in Tulsa, Oklahoma to start something special and enduring, which is still relevant today as the premier organisation for petroleum geologists

The oil industry is not able to find enough liquids on a global basis to replace what is being produced.

Foam called Oleo Sponge pulls dispersed oil from water column and surface