The programme is (almost) finalized
The topic of this year’s conference is “Recent Advances in Exploration Technology”. For “dummies”, we might add, but this is not the truth. Rather, the intention is to present technological…
Posts by Halfdan Carstens
Technology is Key
Recent advances in exploration technology is in the focus for the 3rd time in “the May conference” (NCS Exploration) in Fornebu outside Oslo. However, the emphasis will be on how…
Renewables outperform fossil fuels
In the 2019 BP Energy Outlook, the Evolving Transition’ (ET) scenario, renewables in power generation (solar, wind, geothermal, biomass) are with 7.6% p.a the fastest growing energy source. In fact, renewables…
From 98 to 108 MMbopd
According to the 2019 BP Energy Outlook, the Evolving Transition’ (ET) scenario, oil consumption will grow from 98 to 108 MMbopd from now and up to 2040. India (4.8MMbopd), China…
Dry – despite EM anomaly
Lundin’s Pointer and Setter prospects in the Barents Sea resulted in another disappointment in the Barents Sea. Oil shows were encountered at various intervals in the Pointer (Stø formation) prospect,…
Oil for prosperity
Oil and gas plays an important part in improving the living standards which an increasing part of the worlds population is able to enjoy. This is the message from Ryan…
The geoscientists are the winners
«Oldtimers» – or should we call them veterans – started their careers with analogue data. The first 20-30 years of exploring the Norwegian continental shelf was dominated by paper, seismic,…
Committed to the north
“Now we need to be awarded licenses, but we are optimistic!” says Arnt-Eirik Rørnes, Exploration Manager in RN Nordic Oil. RN Nordic Oil is Rosneft’s subsidiary in Norway and has…
500MMboe in 2018
Altogether 13 discoveries were made on the NCS last year. In total they proved a minimum of 240MMboe and a maximum of 720MMboe, according to NPD press releases throughout the…
“Stay on the Technology path!”
“We will have to cover large parts of the North Sea one more time, and that will take several years,” Bjarte Bruheim, Executive Chairman of Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS), says.…
No reservoir, no oil
Both targets in 6307/1-1 S in the Froan Basin were water-bearing. Before drilling, Lundin claimed a discovery may contain 193MMboe in untested Permian carbonate and Jurassic sandstone plays. Lundin has…
From shows to commercial discovery
The regional line shown below transects the Ryggsteinen Ridge on the Horda Platform in the prolific northern North Sea oil and gas province. While the line connects the Troll, Fram…