New editor joins expronews team
Henk Kombrink (40) has joined the ExProNews (geoexpro.com) editorial team in a particular time. With geoexpro.com, GeoPublishing brings day-to-day news to the G&G community, focusing on subsurface aspects of the…
Posts by Halfdan Carstens
The Case for Killing Your Darlings
To date, there is no significant discovery made on a CSEM negative in the Barents Sea. It’s about time to realise that low resistivity sandstones do have a meaning
Gravity for the 5th consecutive time
OCTIO Gravitude will survey the Ormen Lange field during summer 2020. The operation is expected to last for four weeks and will produce measurements of both water depth and gravitational…
Another Barents Sea Failure (?)
Spirit Energy (with partners Lukoil and Aker BP) spudded 7321/8-2S (Sandia) June 1st targeting sandstones of Mid Jurassic to Late Triassic age including the Stø, Nordmela, Fruholmen and Upper Snadd…
Technology is key to reducing risk
By using artificial intelligence and machine learning, the ultimate goal is to predict reservoir porosity and fluid content of prospective sandstones applying existing post-stack seismic data.
OGA targets Net Zero
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has today signalled its intention to refresh its core aim, including a requirement for industry to help the government achieve the target of Net…
TOTAL reports higher Q1 production
Production lifted by Culzean and Johan Sverdrup in the North Sea, amongst others.
Tough for the seismic companies
Projects are being cancelled, vessels are being warm and cold stacked, vessel upgrades are being put on hold.
Triumph for EM technology
Wildcat 6507/8-10 S on the prospect Grind in the Norwegian Sea, operated by Neptune Energy, had absolutely no shows as referred to in a press release from NPD. Thick sandstones…
Important value – complicated geology
PGNiG’s discovery East of Skarv, on the NCS last autumn is a typical example of near field exploration giving «high value barrels».