Coal formation
Designing a system of mining to suit the split seams in the Northumberland coal field. Analysing the small detail reveals how it was formed.
Open cast mines
A fault is an underground hazard. By drilling a series boreholes, miners start the safe development of an open cast mine.
Oil in sand and shale
How to get crude oil from the Athabasca oil sands and from Colorado oil shale - among the world's largest deposits of oil.
Hidden oil reserves
Describing what the Athabasca oil sands look like and the unique conditions that led to their formation.
The North Sea oil bonanza
Drilling in the north sea for rocks that could hold billions of barrels of oil. Exploring how these rocks were formed in the Jurassic period.