Legend has it that the Scottish North West Highlands is where the Norse gods practised their mountain building skills before they created Norway.

New seismic interpretation study uncovers the hydrocarbon potential of the underexplored Mid North Sea High

An Aging Giant

Expert Greg Coleman considers some of the key issues

Basement Discovery for Hurricane

New insights from a regional and reservoir level interpretation in the mature Central North Sea

Discovering a potential new oil and gas province in the north-western sector of the Russian Arctic.

A Renaissance or a Dark Age?

In an environment of uncertainty regarding sovereignty of lucrative UKCS resources, oil companies operating in the mature North Sea Basin are being urged to do what the London and Scottish parliaments seemingly cannot do, and work more closely together.

The UK Oil and Gas Authority was recently set up as the regulator for both onshore and offshore oil and gas operations in the United Kingdom. Director of Exploration, Production and Decommissioning, Gunther Newcombe, tells us about its work and aims.

What are the keys to revealing the remaining potential of the UK Lower Cretaceous?

An introduction to the Devonian-Paleogene prospectivity of the key areas of interest for the UKCS 29th Frontier Licensing Round.

UK: Onshore discovery

Enabling an enhanced regional perspective and revealing new potential plays.

The Oil and Gas Authority has launched a £500,000 competition to encourage innovative interpretations of the data acquired during 2015’s surveys of the Rockall Basin and Mid North Sea High areas.