Recognising Key Stratigraphic Markers During Drilling – The Balder Tuff
The Eocene Balder Tuff is an important and widespread stratigraphic marker in the North Sea. For most wells drilled in the area, it sits in the overburden, far away from…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
An Onshore CCS Debacle
The owners of the Petra Nova CO2 plant, built at a Coal Power Station in Texas, went for it. Rather than constructing a 60 Mwe facility according to the first…
Abandoning a well with a CCS mindset
“The geoscience behind well abandonments is getting more challenging when we want to accommodate requirements for potential CCS projects in the area,” said Scott Liebnitz during last week’s Aberdeen Energy…
The Prospective Foresets Situated Below a Polar River
In August last year, Australia-based Santos decided to develop the Pikka discovery on the North Slope of Alaska. It was not Santos that discovered the field, which contains almost 400…
The Best of Brae
In Late Jurassic times, an overall north-south trending graben system transected the North Sea as a response to tensional stresses building up in the wider area. The grabens were connected…
Decline in Number of APA Round Awards Continues
Like last year, the NPD expressed gratitude for the diversity of companies interested in the 2022 APA round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) licensing…
How Does Wet Gas Form?
A study performed by Olav Walderhaug from Equinor, the main outcomes of which he shared with GEO ExPro, shows that out of 50 reservoirs classified as wet gas accumulations, 47…
A Look-Back at Petoro’s 2022 Wells to Watch
When it comes to drilling more audacious exploration wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Petoro is often one of the partners. As a state-owned company, Petoro’s risk profile differs from…
Spotted at..
What was the main reason for you to attend the NCS Strategy conference? With a shift of consciousness (and policies) towards new energy for the net zero targets, my main…
The Ups and Downs of Dutch Offshore Gas Production
When the Groningen field was found in 1959 in the north of the Netherlands, one would think that the first offshore well in the Dutch sector was to be drilled…
Western Australia – Looking towards a busy year in 2023
For Western Australia, the year 2022 saw two sides. On one hand, there was hesitance when it comes to developments offshore, further marked by a court case, but on the…
The Schwerin Sweet Spot
The current energy situation, together with a favourable geological setting and recent technical advances, have put the Schwerin geothermal project back on the radar big time. Schwerin, the capital of…