“Surviving the next reorganisation is all my generation looks forward to”
“Did you see that Exxon has a recruitment sign on their stand?” somebody told me at the IMAGE Conference last week. It was a very telling remark, a remark that…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Wind makes room for gas
It is getting busy in the North Sea. Was the area a monopoly for oil and gas companies when it comes to energy production for decades, in recent years offshore…
Kasawari – gas production has commenced, but when does the CO2 storage project?
At industry events in South-East Asia, the Kasawari CO2 storage project has been a talking point for years. It should be the first large-scale CO2 storage project in the region,…
Bumerangue; what are the implications of drilling into one of the most structurally complex areas of the Santos Basin?
This week, bp announced what was hailed as its biggest discovery in 25 years – Bumerangue, located in Brazil’s Santos Basin. The pre-salt discovery certainly looks promising when taking into…
Embracing uncertainty in geothermal exploration
“If we can’t discuss uncertainty, we won’t go anywhere.” Geothermal Radar’s co-founder Philip Ball is adamant about what is currently lacking in the planning of new geothermal exploration wells. “Where…
Why data obtained by legacy gas wells are not always a good indicator for assessing geothermal potential
The Upper Permian Rotliegend sandstone in the Netherlands is a very well-explored reservoir. That is because a lot of gas fields are reservoired in this aeolian and fluvial succession that…
Making small pools work
Despite there still being major uncertainties for operators on the UK Continental Shelf, as Niall McLean from Brodies Solicitors clearly explained in his talk about the Finch ruling, when talking…
The bit boy has gone
The Canadian oil sector has changed dramatically in a matter of 20 years. Back in the early 2000’s, vertical drilling was very much common good, but these days, you would…
And all the while, hydrocarbons are transitioning away from us
”It’s the hope that keeps us here,” wrote Neil Hodgson and the Searcher team this week. He alluded to those promising ultra-deepwater fields that are about to be discovered. Hope…
Can we stop exploring?
“Why would we still explore for oil and gas?” asked René Jonk from ACT GEO at the end of his talk for the Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain this…
This may be a reason why Woodside decided not to farm in to PEL 87 in Namibia
Almost a month ago, Sintana Energy “broke” the news that Australian major Woodside decided not to exercise its right to farm into Licence PEL 87 in Namibian waters, north of…
Sockeye – The discovery that was supposed to be made last year
“The Guyana of Alaska’s North Slope.” Bill Armstrong, CEO of the exploration company that carries his own name, has been quite bullish about the potential of the Brookian delta-top play…