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…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
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…
Appraisal well on Slagugle disappoints
As announced by the NPD yesterday, the highly anticipated appraisal well (6507/5-11) on ConocoPhillips’ Slagugle discovery has resulted in a significant downgrade of its size. Named “Explorer of the Year…
More to explore around Johan Castberg?
Last week, Equinor announced the discovery of oil in the Snøfonn prospect just east of the Skavl find in the Johan Castberg cluster. It was the first discovery after a…
Salt for geothermal energy
You would not notice when driving across the flat rural landscape of the north of the Netherlands, but in a few places major salt domes almost reach the surface. Within…
Small gas fields to be developed for Europe
Back in the early 2000’s, when I had just embarked on my working life, I remember that someone told me that fields the size of 1 Bcm were now being…
Is there more in the basement?
What if the Rolvsnes Extended Well Test, which is currently being performed by Lundin on the Utsira High, goes well and reports good production figures? Will there be an increased…
Drilling success at Johan Castberg
It’s been silent in the Barents Sea for a while, but Equinor and partners have now announced another oil discovery. It is a near field find, so far from frontier…
CeraPhi Energy awarded first of its kind offshore geothermal study
Deep geothermal delivery specialist CeraPhi Energy has been awarded the first of its kind geothermal study to undertake repurposing of offshore oil and gas wells using its proprietary advanced closed…
The faster the better
The North Sea Brent province is – or better, was – awash with oil, but gas has always been a critical fuel too because of its use to power the…