March 2024
The Business Exploration Opportunities Show (BEOS) is a two-day event held in London and hosted jointly by the AAPG and the GESGB.
The Oil and Gas industry remains a critical energy bridge for the Energy Transition and predicted global supply and demand for Oil, Gas/LNG requires new resources to replace existing production decline.
The BEOS event provides a platform to the international upstream exploration and business development / new ventures part of the industry and allows showcasing and marketing of exploration opportunities and assets.
Attendees included many of the Oil & Gas Majors, NOCs, Independents, E&P Companies and Governments. Other delegates included banks, financiers, service companies, advisories, and law firms.
Metatek is a regular attendee and exhibitor at BEOS and this year met up with clients and colleagues to discuss opportunities and to reconnect.
As part of the Hydrogen session on day 2 of the conference, Richard Heath of the Natural Hydrogen Study Group, presented part of ongoing work between RAK Gas, NHSG and Metatek on natural hydrogen exploration in the UAE.
Richard spoke on the geological settings for natural hydrogen, focusing on Ophiolite belts, and initial geological and geophysical datasets available in the UAE that have been worked up to evaluate the natural hydrogen potential of the area.
Further work is ongoing including field work and possible geophysical survey acquisition. A presentation on the updated work is anticipated to be given at the AAPG ICE conference in Muscat in September 2024.
One of the last talks on the second day was on ‘The Evolution of Core Studies in the Revolution of Exploration and Development Models’ presented by Melissa Johanssen of Geode-Energy who explained the various sedimentary features visible in some spectacular lagoonal, estuarine and deep-water cores from various North Sea wells. Particularly worthy of mention because of the great work undertaken by North Sea Core CIC in rescuing and preserving 1,000s of feet of precious core which would otherwise have ended up in landfill. Now a secured resource for education and industry.
