Halfdan Carstens, Author at GeoExpro

Posts by Halfdan Carstens

Chrysaor E&P Limited acquires ConocoPhillips UKCS exploration and production assets

April 22, 2019

Full-year 2018 production and year-end 2018 proved reserves associated with the U.K. assets being sold were approximately 72 000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBOED) and approximately 99 million…

Equinor strenghtens position in Argentina with seven offshore blocks

Halfdan Carstens

April 21, 2019

Equinor submitted the winning bids for five blocks as operator. Equinor also participated in winning bids for one block to be operated by YPF and one block to be operated…

Pandion acquires exploration acreage offshore Mid-Norway

Halfdan Carstens

April 16, 2019

Pandion Energy AS has entered into an agreement with Equinor to acquire a 20 percent interest in licenses PL 263 D and PL 263 E, containing the Appolonia prospect. The…

NW Europe in Top Ten

Halfdan Carstens

April 11, 2019

Some 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) were discovered world-wide in the first quarter of 2019, according to Rystad Energy. This compares with 9.1 billion boe discovered in total last…

“From Lykkeland to AI”

Halfdan Carstens

April 10, 2019

Recent advances in exploration technology is in the focus for the 3rd time in NCS Exploration in Fornebu outside Oslo. However, the emphasis will be on how to apply these…

“Another surprising well”

Halfdan Carstens

April 5, 2019

There is certainly no doubt that the quality of both imaging and de-risking has improved tremendously through 50+ years of exploration on the NCS. Nevertheless, the industry has a long…

The Shale Oil Revolution

Halfdan Carstens

April 4, 2019

Barely recognizable some ten years plus, shale oil production from 6-7 US sedimentary basins has now reached almost 8MMbopd. Most of the oil – almost half of it – comes…

Shaping the future

Halfdan Carstens

April 2, 2019

“Now is the time to put technology back on the agenda and revisit how it can play a key role in shaping a sustainable future for the industry and society,”…

Finding missed pay

Halfdan Carstens

March 26, 2019

The analysis method has been named SATLOG, and virtually all wells on the Norwegian shelf have now been analyzed. The method is described in GEO 02/2019 and will be explained…

Technology is Key

Halfdan Carstens

March 25, 2019

Recent advances in exploration technology is for the 3rd time in focus in the conference NCS Exploration in Fornebu outside Oslo. However, the emphasis will be on how to apply…

No state aid

Halfdan Carstens

March 20, 2019

The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has finalised its preliminary examination of a complaint case concerning the Norwegian Petroleum Tax Act. ESA finds that the annual cash refund of the tax…

The world’s cleanest production

Halfdan Carstens

March 18, 2019

At the annual conference of the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association on the 14th of March, Equinor presented a study from Stanford University which shows that the world’s CO2 emission…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Posts by Halfdan Carstens

Chrysaor E&P Limited acquires ConocoPhillips UKCS exploration and production assets

Equinor strenghtens position in Argentina with seven offshore blocks

Pandion acquires exploration acreage offshore Mid-Norway

NW Europe in Top Ten

“From Lykkeland to AI”

“Another surprising well”

The Shale Oil Revolution

Shaping the future

Finding missed pay

Technology is Key

No state aid

The world’s cleanest production

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