Solveig – a complex character
As presented by Ronald Sørlie during the NCS Exploration – Recent Discoveries Conference in Oslo this month, the second last oil discovery for Lundin on the Norwegian Shelf proved that…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Pressure is mounting on Groningen
Europe is in a dire need of additional gas supplies following the commitment from most countries to cut down on import from Russian gas. This has become even more acute…
Expect the unexpected
One of the lithological scenario’s Aker BP modelled in order to arrive at the seismic response seen at the Mugnetind prospect was a coal of 20 m in thickness. Given…
A 1-metre gas column
This is not a good week for exploration results on the NCS, and not a good week for the Cretaceous play in the Norwegian Sea in particular. This morning, the…
Southern North Sea to become the main UKCS carbon store
Most areas offered for CCS licence applications by the NSTA are located in the Southern Permian Basin.
Critical well abandonment project nears completion at Porthos CCS site in Dutch offshore
Storage of CO2 in depleted gas fields comes with advantages and challenges. On one hand, depleted gas fields have proven to be secure sites in terms of caprock integrity and…
Lundin to submit PDO for Rolvsnes fractured basement field
Although the ultimate recoverable volumes from the Rolvsnes fractured basement field are probably less than the initial numbers Lundin presented at the start of the Extended Well Test that commenced in…
ConocoPhillips and PGNiG win Exploration Innovation Prize 2022
Based on a vote from the conference participants and an in-depth conversation amongst the members of the committee, the winner of this year’s Exploration Innovation Prize was announced during yesterday’s…
The benefits of rocking the Chalk
The Upper Cretaceous Chalk in the Danish North Sea has been an exploration hotspot for oil and gas for many years. Even though the potential for additional hydrocarbon finds is…
The week of the gas go-aheads
In the UK, the Jackdaw development (120-250 MMboe) was given the nod, whilst the German and Dutch authorities expressed the intention to approve the N05-A project (31 MMboe). Both projects…
Overly – a small find in a new play
In what was most likely mapped as Everglades by Edison Norge when the company operated licence PL807, Aker BP has now proven a small volume of up to 11.9 MMboe…
A packed program
From the far north to the far south, the upcoming NCS Exploration – Recent Discoveries Conference will be discussing exploration success across all areas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Valuable…