Why doesn’t the oil industry just stop exploring for and pumping out oil?

Geoscience magazine GEO ExPro Vol. 16, No. 6 is available for download. This edition of GEO ExPro Magazine focuses on Europe and Frontier Exploration, Modelling and Mapping, and Geochemistry.

Earlier this year a merger was announced between TGS-Nopec and Spectrum. Kristian Johansen, CEO of TGS and now of the merged company, talks to us about trends in the marine seismic business.

Immersive, shared wrap-around sound and vision is ideal both for collaborative teamwork and for cost-effective safe training in the oil and gas industry.

Up to 60% of the world’s conventional petroleum is reservoired in carbonate rocks – but they are often regarded with apprehension by the industry.

The development of new technology is transforming the energy industry.

The Geophysical Institute of Israel (GII), a leading global seismic acquisition provider, has purchased a brand new silenced mini-Vibrator fleet from INOVA Geophysical and coupled it with the Quantum nodal receiver system.

It is more than a new name and logo. The AAPG Women’s Network is ready to move forward with a new mission and a new purpose – for everyone.

Upstream data services company, Lynx Information Systems, provide an interactive web map for the latest oil and gas licensing round bid block perimeters.

By combining GEM and SEEBASE in a 4D GIS environment, Geognostics has produced a series of marginscale, time-slice-based plate reconstructions.

New nodal systems for both land and marine deployment demonstrate that it is important that companies keep innovating and collaborating to improve oil and gas technologies.

Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage will continue to need a kick-start, from the chilly depths of the North Sea to the heat of Texas. Ultimately capturing carbon will have to be cheaper than not capturing it.

There is a trend away from frontier oil and gas exploration towards finding more in less risky proven basins, fuelled by learning gleaned from studying the most successful petroleum basins in the world.

Activity from upstream operators is starting to pick up from the post-2014 oil slump. However, global discovered oil and gas volumes still lag far behind where they stood before the oil price drop.

Geoscience magazine GEO ExPro Vol. 16, No. 5 is available for download. This edition of GEO ExPro focuses on Africa and the Middle East; Carbonate Reservoirs; New Technologies; and Business Models.