Stig-Arne Kristoffersen has a background as a civil engineer and geoscientist, he is married, has three children; 2, 17 and 24 years old. He has a passion for technology and geoscience which goes hand in hand with the interest for writing. His favourite hobbies are motorsport and viticulture. He also enjoy travels, visits to non-main stream places. An Entrepeneur with passion for energy and agribusiness issues. He has worked for major international and national oil and gas companies since mid 1980's. He has also participated in seveal start-up companies, either as founder or as a consultant.
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The deadly EHEC bacteria started its outbreak in Northern Germany earlier this month. The bacteria come from a party with cucumber from Spain, but this information has not yet been confirmed. Public Health advises, however, people traveling to Germany to not eat cucumber, tomato and lettuce in this part of the world at the moment till cause is 100% clarified.
Creating an integrated strategy which brings together corporate performance management, business intelligence, analytics, knowledge management and data warehousing into one function seems to be the right way to go. In order to be able to do this there is a need to create an integrated team or business unit, headed by the Business Intelligence responsible in the company who preferably reports directly to the CEO. This brings together the various data and analytics functions of the company into on
In this article i will cover places in Italy you need to see before you die. This article is one of 10 articles in a series i called "Places to see before you Die". Other countries covered in this series are France, Norway, Canada, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Great Britain, Brazil and Argentina. So, lots of you will argue why is there no more countries than 10 on my list, and why is not my favorite place listed on this list? Humans have different viewpoints on what is the most beautiful place....
It is stated that European service and products suppliers should aim into the wind and Solar power development in Europe - but it might be proven shale gas development could be far more interesting for them. This revolution or evolution of the alternative energy development market is already developing, and the service and product provider industry is already benefitting from this. However, it is not too late to participate and to get a share into this large market developing in Europe.
The key elements for life on a planet or a moon as we know it is an energy source and liquid water. A new study suggest that exoplanet Gliese 581d might theoretically live up to this. The planet is probably in the so-called habitable zone around its parent star Gliese 581 , which is a red dwarf about 20 light-years away from Earth.
Nasa observations confirms that Titan - Saturn's largest moon can have huge and deep oceans hidden under a shell of ice. Cassini spacecraft has investigated the Saturn ring system and moons since 2004, and observed that some details of Titan's orbit and rotation does not match that it is composed of solid through and through.
The developers behind the Phone Wallpaper believe thin-film technology will make today's smart phones obsolete in five years. Researchers at Queens University in Canada has developed a smart phone prototype made of so-called e-paper that can be controlled by tilting the screen, or as a normal touch screen.
Several Inernational major oil and gas companies have secured acreage in Europe with the expectations of finding commercial unconventional gas resources. So far, the industry has not been able to prove any commercial resources, as only a few wells have tested these plays so far. It will take time, several majors announce, maybe well into the next decde before we will see any commercial production of Shale Gas in Europe. Why is this the concensus, and what is the trend so far?
Free applications for the iPhone is not a new business model in the software industry. Its been around for some years, but through Apple, it has become easy for anyone to tap into this business model and get rich. There are just some few things you need to be aware of, and straight up front, there are no short cuts into this world. It takes planning, work and more work. But if doing it right, you can have a cash cow on your hands. This article dive into this subject in more detail.
Ecological sustainable energy exploitations come at a certain price. Do we know this price, and is EU willing to pay for it? The oil and gas industry faces challenges when it comes to environmental concerns with respect to Shale Gas exploitation. This has been seen in the US, as public raise their voices and demand answers from the industry about the environmental impact of their production methodologies demanding millions of litres of water mixed with chemical additives. Getting the public and

