Plate tectonic reconstructions have been employed in geosciences since 1970s, the context of hydrocarbon exploration, regional geology and paleobiology. Such studies given valuable inputs for climate geodynamic computations, present-day mantle structure, models plate motion, interpretation drift hotspots, true polar wander (TPW), sea level stratigraphic signals. However, generated past by incor...

In Norway, the fatal accident frequency per year is discernibly higher in construction industry than petroleum industry. To probe difference between occupational safety levels two industries semi-structured interviews with regulators, employer and employee organisations, company management, personnel were conducted. This qualitative approach, together factual information, offer invaluable insig...

Software Interoperability for Petroleum Applications — In this introduction to the thematic dossier on software interoperability, we emphasise the key role of software for the petroleum industry, and we give market and technical motivations for interoperability. This is followed by a brief overview of the technologies used in the search for interoperability and by a summary of the five technica...

the oudna field part of the offshore northeastern tunisia, straddles between two structural domains, the tunisian atlas to the north and the pelagian sea to the south. the study of this field has confirmed adequate petroleum system in fahdene formations (albian-cenomanian) and birsa (serravallian) resulting from the combination of several sedimentary, tectonic and thermal factors. to do this, w...

One of the most difficult tasks for organizations is customer prospecting. This activity alone will often determine if a new venture will succeed or fail. It is also critical to the marketing activity of established firms. The effectiveness of the usual marketing techniques for prospecting and targeting customers methods as well as their limitations are discussed. In the light of this, the ques...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.05.005 0003-3472/© 2015 The Association for the Study of A When and where to disperse is a major life history decision with crucial fitness consequences. Before dispersing, individuals may benefit from checking the suitability of potential future habitats. In highly social species, such prospecting may be directed towards other groups rather than alterna...