The Oil Industry of Nigeria If anyone asks Chevron or Shell, for example, how they feel about Nigeria, the response would probably be that they were tired of problems, at least if they were honest. Pipeline vandalism, militant attacks on infrastructure, protests and lawsuits are among the issues that have plagued Nigeria’s oil industry for […]
What It’s Like To Work On An Offshore Oil Rig
Working on an offshore oil rig or platform is a unique experience Note: In this article, we’ll use the word ‘rig’ and ‘platform’ almost interchangeably, but a rig does the drilling, and a platform does the pumping. Living on an offshore oil rig or a platform, or in living quarters on a vessel attached to […]
A Guide to Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
The beginning of the 20th century in the United States was marked by what historians call the Texas oil boom. Its other name was the Gusher Age. The gushers were oil wells where the oil and gas were under so much pressure; they sprang out when the well got drilled. Today, the gusher age is […]
Offshore Drilling
Offshore Oil and Gas When fossil fuels formed under the pressure of newly emerging rocks, they formed in a world that was geologically very different from today’s world. Where there were seas, there is now land and vice versa. As a result of these processes, a lot of the oil and gas the world uses […]
How Much Oil is Left in the World?
In the oil industry, We can get our data from a variety of sources, from the largest government bodies to small independent niche oil supply monitoring specialists. The question of how much oil is left in the world has been speculated upon for a long as the industry has existed. Just a couple of years […]
Petroleum Engineering 101
Rather than just the science, this post is focused on practical questions such as: What do petroleum engineers do? We cover the common job profile variants and tasks. What is petroleum engineering? Petroleum engineering is the branch of engineering that develops and implements ways of extracting crude oil and natural gas. Petroleum engineers play an […]
