Henk Kombrink, Author at GeoExpro

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Why Kristin field is unlikely to become a geothermal hotspot

May 9, 2022

The soon to be decommissioned Kristin field could generate 270 gigawatt hours of geothermal energy, said researcher Roger Ekseth in a recent interview with Norwegian media outlet NRK. In turn,…

Abigail – developed through side-tracking an appraisal well

Henk Kombrink

May 6, 2022

Why drill an entirely new development well when there is an appraisal well already, which can be side-tracked to hit the desired reservoir section? This is the strategy adopted by…

Dry well for Neptune Energy in Dutch sector

Henk Kombrink

May 4, 2022

After five weeks of drilling and two side tracks, operator Neptune Energy has not succeeded in proving commercial gas in the F05-06 well in the northern Dutch sector. The well…

Where is Hamlet?

Henk Kombrink

May 4, 2022

Don’t scroll down! Look at the below seismic section, kindly provided by CGG, first. Do you know where on this line Neptune and partners drilled the Hamlet discovery well recently?…

Kraken – overcoming offshore heavy oil field challenges

Henk Kombrink

May 3, 2022

Heavy oil developments are not straightforward. “This also applies to the Kraken development in Quad 9 of the UK Northern North Sea,” as reservoir engineer Jan Manoharan from Enquest says.…

Poland’s long-term gas strategy pays off

Henk Kombrink

May 2, 2022

Russia may have cut gas supplies to Poland last week, but the country started a diversification process years ago. These decisions are about to pay off. For Poland, but not…

Maasdijk geothermal project can’t start soon enough

Henk Kombrink

April 29, 2022

The first geothermal wells in the Netherlands were drilled in the area called “Westland” where a large cluster of greenhouses is located. About twenty years ago, it was the desire…

Exploration success for Neptune at Hamlet

Henk Kombrink

April 28, 2022

Neptune Energy and its partners Petoro (30%), Wintershall Dea (28%) and OKEA (12%) today announced the discovery of oil and gas at the Hamlet exploration wells (35/9-16S and 35/9-16A in…

PGS awarded 4D GeoStreamer monitoring surveys

Henk Kombrink

April 27, 2022

Yesterday, PGS announced the award of 4D GeoStreamer monitoring surveys over the Visund field in the North Sea and the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea. Further, the company was…

Adding barrels to Johan Castberg

Henk Kombrink

April 27, 2022

It’s been a few months since the previous Barents Sea exploration well was drilled; this was in Oktober 2021 when Vår Energi completed 7122/6-3S on the Rødhette prospect near the…

How the underburden determines what happens in the overburden

Henk Kombrink

April 26, 2022

Is it a surprise that the G4 gas leak incident in 2012 happened in a well on the Elgin field and not the nearby Franklin/West Franklin fields? Elgin, Franklin and…

Will Cambozola be a new North Sea play opener?

Henk Kombrink

April 25, 2022

The Norwegian Sea is known for its potential in the Cretaceous, with the Egyptian Vulture discovery being the most recent positive drilling result. Further south, the Cretaceous is now getting…

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Posts by Henk Kombrink

Why Kristin field is unlikely to become a geothermal hotspot

Abigail – developed through side-tracking an appraisal well

Dry well for Neptune Energy in Dutch sector

Where is Hamlet?

Kraken – overcoming offshore heavy oil field challenges

Poland’s long-term gas strategy pays off

Maasdijk geothermal project can’t start soon enough

Exploration success for Neptune at Hamlet

PGS awarded 4D GeoStreamer monitoring surveys

Adding barrels to Johan Castberg

How the underburden determines what happens in the overburden

Will Cambozola be a new North Sea play opener?

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