Geothermal investors need to be confident with the methods and results of exploration programs. Also cutting the upfront cost of geothermal exploration will further encourage investors to consider investment in this emerging clean energy field. Hence, it is of paramount importance to improve prospecting techniques in order to explore where economic concentrations of geothermal energy are to be ...

Campaigns and political parties are faced with the immensely important practical challenge of financing their efforts. Raising money is instrumental to all other aims. In recent years, this task has been complicated by the need to enlist ever greater numbers of contributors to raise ever larger sums of money. At the same time, fundraising burdens are eased a bit because contributors flock toget...

A number of space missions dedicated to the search for exo-planets via the transit method, such as COROT, Eddington and Kepler, are planned for launch over the next few years. They will need to address problems associated with the automated and efficient detection of planetary transits in light curves affected by a variety of noise sources, including stellar variability. To maximise the scienti...

Microbial diversity of hydrocarbon in polluted soil and water bodies explains the variability that exists among various species microorganisms inhabiting such environments. Sources these pollutions include others polycyclic hydrocarbons, heavy metals contamination, industrial wastes unregulated use pesticides. No doubt, Niger Delta region is heavily due to exploration activities petroleum prosp...

The Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), leased to BP (previously British Petroleum, now simply “BP”, with the previously-used promotional tagline of “beyond petroleum”) suffered an explosive “blowout” on April 20, 2010 which resulted in what is now the largest offshore oil spill in United States (U.S.) history, and currently estimated to be at least the seco...

This paper was selected for presentation by an SPE Program Committee following review of information contained in an abstract submitted by the author(s). Contents of the paper, as presented, have not been reviewed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers and are subject to correction by the author(s). The material, as presented, does not necessarily reflect any position of the Society of Petroleum...

The Sea of Hebrides Basin and Minch are late Paleozoic–Mesozoic rift basins located to the NW Scottish mainland. were target small-scale petroleum exploration from 1960s early 1990s, with a total three wells drilled within two between 1989 1991. Although no commercially viable discoveries made, numerous shows identified both basins, including gas show Upper Glen 1 well in Lower Jurassic limesto...