Bill Wilks, Phil Copestake and Eleanor Oldham are heading to Oslo and Stavanger on 2nd March to catch up with clients ahead of the APA round which is expected in May 2026. If you need ongoing support, an extra pair of hands, or a quick stand-alone technical G&G evaluation, then why not get in touch and arrange a meeting with Bill, Phil and Eleanor to see how we can help you?
Bill Wilks will be joining 'Africa Upstream 2026: A New Map of Opportunity - Blocks, Rounds & the Next Wave of Potential' online panel discussion organised by Frontier Upstream Insights on 21st January at 2pm.
In December 2025 the NSTA announced the UK’s second carbon storage licensing round. Merlin round up the geological highlights.
Season’s Greetings from everyone at Merlin, we hope you enjoy the festive period. We are looking forward to 2026!
Are you ready for the 2nd UK Carbon Storage Round? Continue reading to learn how Merlin's experienced geoscience team can help with your applications.
Merlin’s associate, Jonathan Bujak, is donating his sixth edition copy (published in 1842) of Gideon Mantell’s “Thoughts on a Pebble” to the Geological Society. Continue reading to learn more about this fascinating book.
The 2025 Nigerian licensing round, which commences today, Monday 1st December, furthers the desire to move the petroleum industry forward in Nigeria. The emphasis is on optimising near term production and accelerating energy transition goals with undeveloped discoveries, fallow fields and gas rich fields being included. Continue reading to learn more.
Merlin’s Eleanor Oldham attended the EAGE Global Energy Transition (GET) conference in Rotterdam from 28th-30th October. Here is her debrief of the event.
Merlin recently took 15 acquisition and processing specialists from AkerBP to Dorset to enjoy a whistle stop tour through a working petroleum system. Merlin’s Phil Copestake and Bill Wilks have taken client groups on field trips before, but usually it has been for geoscientists, or management wishing to de-mystify sub-surface jargon! In this case, they had the pleasure of taking 15 Scandinavia-based specialists to the three iconic locations on the Jurassic Coast, namely Burton Bradstock, Lulworth Cove and Kimmeridge Bay. Interested? Click to continue reading the full blog post.
Eleanor Oldham will be speaking at the Sixth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference & Exhibition in Rotterdam from 27th to 31st October. Her presentation highlights the application of rock physics for CCS workflows, with examples of reservoir characterization and feasibility assessment for 4D seismic monitoring. Continue reading to learn more.
Bill Wilks and Helen Bone have recently returned from Africa Energy Week 2025. With over 6,000 attendees the event is possibly the largest energy conferences on the continent. It provides a forum in which the energy strategies of countries across Africa can be showcased and where operators and investors can connect to further future developments. With so much going on at the conference Bill and Helen came away with a basket of learnings and these are some of their key take aways.
