Geology rocks.
It’s a key part of everyday life and provides a window into Earth’s history.
Think back to some of the world’s wonders. The Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon, Mount Everest...
When people ask what I do for a living, the simplest reply is, “I’m a geologist in the oil and gas industry.” What I should really say is, “I’m a geologist in the oil or gas industry.” That’s because...
In 2009, ExxonMobil engineers drilling into deep offshore oil deposits in the Gulf of Mexico unexpectedly encountered a particularly hard and abrasive rock formation.
When Dr. Peter Vail suggested in the early 1960s that seismic imaging could be used to determine the age of the earth’s layers in order to more accurately determine where oil and gas deposits could be, his peers...
It’s not like the movies. But it’s still pretty exciting. It’s the culmination of years – sometimes even decades – of hard work. It’s a calculated risk. But you might just find something that has the...
Exploring for oil and gas in the western Black Sea off the coast of Romania hadn’t been going well. Several companies had explored in the region, but the search for hydrocarbons in deep waters was elusive until...
