A report from GGS states; “If we want to avoid a future energy crisis similar to that experienced in 1973, we need to dramatically reduce our dependency on imported primary energy”. Given the environmental issues that surround “Bio fuels”, and the inefficiencies of creating electricity, the conclusion of this report makes very interesting reading. GGS…
23/11/18 Major UK North Sea development is sixth new upstream project to come on stream for BP in 2018. Targeting 640 million barrels of oil reserves; peak production of 120,000 barrels of oil a day. First offshore deployment of BP’s ground-breaking LoSal® enhanced oil recovery technology. Follow link for more details
Want a quick summary of the technology, economic benefits and risks for shale gas exploration and production. Then download this 24 page summary published by the Energy Institute. Energy-Essentials-Shale-Gas-Guide – Eenergy Institute
The West Midlands Regional Group of the Geological Society have organised a geological walk around the shopping centres in the heart of Birmingham. The walk will take around 2 hours where we will get to see excellent examples of a diverse selection of decorative stones from around the world. Most of the walk will be…
Cuadrilla recently announced that it has begun to see natural gas flow to the surface from its shale exploration well at the Preston New Road site. The gas returned to surface, along with water being recycled from the shale rock, after hydraulic fracturing a small section of the shale surrounding the first horizontal exploration well.…
On Monday 12th November at 18:00 hours the West Midland Regional Group of the Geological Society and the Black Country Geological Society have organised a 2 hour walk to look at some of the diverse building stones used in some of the buildings within the city centre. This walk will be mostly indoors within the…