Recent Advances in Pitfalls
Martin Landrø and Lasse Amundsen will present their new book Exploration Geophysics at the Recent Discoveries conference May 23-24.
Posts by Halfdan Carstens
Cara, Kayak & Zumba
Two discoveries and one dry well. What do they have in common? They will all be presented at the Recent Discoveries conference May 23-24 in Oslo.
Get to know Torgeir Stordal
The new NPD Exploration Director will give a keynote at the first day of the Recent Discoveries-conference.
Alta: Extended well test
A 700 metres long horizontal well (7220/11-5) is being drilled in the oil zone of the Alta discovery, which will improve the lateral geological understanding of the Permian-Triassic karstified and…
Mature fields: Significant growth
Liquid resources from mature assets grew 151 billion barrels over the last four years, which is more than the amount produced in those years.
Adding 1.5MMbo per day
81 new oil and gas projects in Europe will commence production by 2025, GlobalData says. Norway is in the forefront.
The source may have been found
The Ørret Formation of Late Permian age is a good candidate for being the source of oil in the Alta discovery in the Barents Sea.
Far too optimistic
The oil companies believe they will find much more oil and gas than they actually do on the NCS, Wittemann E&P Consulting claims.
Arctic Hot Spot to be spudded
It can turn out to be the discovery of the 21st century. Or the duster of the year. CSEM data tells us to be cautiously optimists.
The quest for oil
Once again the message is, this time from BP, oil is here to stay. Another 20 years. At least.
Where does it come from?
The origin of North Sea injectites is still under debate. John Wild, ex ExxonMobil, advocates pre-Tertiary beds as “source rocks”.
Disappointing exploration success
Average discovered resources per successful wildcat on the NCS have dropped dramatically from over 120MMboe in 2011 to below 20MMboe in 2015.