Henk Kombrink, Author at GeoExpro

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Using GR and dipmeter, it is possible to differentiate between proximal and distal settings (parallel to flow) in deep-water environments?

June 26, 2023

Deep-water depositional environments add another level of complexity compared to many other environments”, says expert Bryan Cronin when I visit him in his sea-front cottage in Aberdeen. Bryan has been…

Would Keir Starmer have changed his mind when he would have attended Devex 2023?

Henk Kombrink

June 23, 2023

Twenty years ago, the first edition of Devex took place in Aberdeen. At the time, the conference revolved around extending the life of oil and gas fields. “Not much has…

95% of seismic data was unused – for the wrong reasons

Henk Kombrink

June 22, 2023

“My first start-up failed”, said Bill Shea at the EAGE Annual in Vienna recently. “But, maybe it was meant to be, because the second time it went much better and…

Schoonebeek oil production is on hold in the Netherlands – again

Henk Kombrink

June 16, 2023

When looking at a map of the Schoonebeek oil field and its equivalent in Germany (see below), one would almost think that the Germans and the Dutch agreed on the…

“If I do it again, I want to do it even better”

Henk Kombrink

June 15, 2023

At some point in the last few years, Anders Kihlberg asked himself: “What were the best years of my life?” Soon he came to the conclusion that it was the…

Companies feel pressure to accelerate frontier exploration

Henk Kombrink

June 14, 2023

“I might as well go gardening if it was not my role to speed up the process of discovering reserves through frontier exploration”, said Neil Hodgson from Searcher. One of…

Coring the seal of a geothermal reservoir

Henk Kombrink

June 14, 2023

In the little village of Monster, which ironically translates to “sample” in Dutch, operator HVC recently completed a new geothermal well. The well targeted the Lower Cretaceous Delft Sandstone, from…

An investment banker who solved a geophysical problem

Henk Kombrink

June 14, 2023

Shell is a large company, and with that comes the existence of siloes across the organisation. Management in Shell recognised that as a problem, and therefore it created spin-off company…

Tractors and Technology

Henk Kombrink

June 13, 2023

“Remember, oil is a product of nature”, says César Patiño when we meet on Teams in April. In his role as a delegate for the International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration…

From oil and gas to geothermal

Henk Kombrink

June 13, 2023

Now known as S3 Smart Seismic Solutions, I met with Jean-Baptiste Chalvidan and Patrick Robert at the EAGE Annual in Vienna last week. “Compared to the years with CGG, where…

How to attract the majors?

Henk Kombrink

June 9, 2023

When it comes to finding new oil and gas fields, there’s not much that can beat the excitement of frontier exploration. Drilling wells in areas where no one has gone…

The slick anomalies that led to the drilling of Ephesus

Henk Kombrink

June 5, 2023

The Ephesus prospect – or Cape Freels as it is called by OILCO – lies in the western part of the Orphan Basin. This basin finds its origin in the…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Posts by Henk Kombrink

Using GR and dipmeter, it is possible to differentiate between proximal and distal settings (parallel to flow) in deep-water environments?

Would Keir Starmer have changed his mind when he would have attended Devex 2023?

95% of seismic data was unused – for the wrong reasons

Schoonebeek oil production is on hold in the Netherlands – again

“If I do it again, I want to do it even better”

Companies feel pressure to accelerate frontier exploration

Coring the seal of a geothermal reservoir

An investment banker who solved a geophysical problem

Tractors and Technology

From oil and gas to geothermal

How to attract the majors?

The slick anomalies that led to the drilling of Ephesus

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