Despite the low oil prices and some dire predictions for the next few years, the mood among officials in the geophysical industry is cautiously positive.
This month's column is part two of a two-part series on magnetotelluries.
In the face of a price slide that began in January 1997, oil finders continued to stick to business in 1998, making major discoveries in all corners of the earth.
Industry analysts have predicted another year of constrained oil and gas prices while the world works off a glut of hydrocarbons.
The great promise of exploration and production in Brazil was the backdrop for the largest international meeting held thus far by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, as over 2,200 persons gathered in Rio de Janeiro in November.
Like fine wine, good books take time. After 20 years of studying the wine-nourishing geology of France, Wilson is ready to pop the cork on a book titled Terroir -- The Role of Geology, Climate and Culture in the Making of French Wines. Terroir (pronounced tair-wahr) is a French term meaning total elements of the vineyard.
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