Dutch flagship CCS project at risk due to nitrogen
“It seems like we are all in primary school,” says Remco de Boer in his StudioEnergy podcast interview with Public Affairs Manager of the Porthos CCS project Mark Driessen. De…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Serica aims to spud North Eigg exploration well in Q3 this year
The start of production from the Columbus development and an additional well coming on stream at the Rhum gas field have played out well for Serica, a UK North Sea…
Germany in favour of cross-border gas development
“We can’t afford demanding a continuous supply of gas from the Netherlands, whilst at the same time refusing to produce it ourselves,” said the economy secretary Bernd Althusmann in a…
Aker BP aims deep with well 35/4-3
Potentially reaching a depth of around 5,000 metres, well 35/4-3 that was spudded by Aker BP and partners Wellesley (40%) and Petoro (20%) early April is testing the Laushornet prospect…
Drilling wells pays off
On the first of April, the NPD finally announced the results of the last exploration well that was spudded in 2021; 25/2-23S targeting the Grefsenkollen prospect beneath the Øst Frigg…
Could there be something useful in report “Final_final_v3”?
The most important way of reporting these days seems to be PowerPoints or exported PDF’s. These documents, along with other legacy material, tend to be hidden away in project folders…
Digitalisation key to ensure continued production from mature fields
“70% of global oil production is taking place from mature fields,” said Babak Moradi from Three60Energy at the start of his talk on Day 2 of the annual DigEx conference…
DIGEX Day 1 – from “Never” to “Next year”
“Once the project is finished, we go on holiday and you can think of ways to integrate the data into your exploration workflows.” This is what Malgorzata Kusak said to…
Kveikje a rolling success
Today, Longboat Energy issued a press release stating that the Kveikje well (35/10-8S) has resulted in the discovery of between 28 and 48 MMboe of oil resources in an Eocene…
Johan Sverdrup – a lot of oil and a lot of data
Johan Sverdrup is a big field that produces a lot of oil. Many people know that. But it is also a field that produces a lot of data, which is…
The spectacular overburden of the Cambo field
A 546 km2 3D seismic reflection survey was acquired in 2012 to better map the Cambo discovery and plan subsequent drilling. With the news this week that Shell and Siccar…
Harbour kicks off development drilling at Laverda
When looking at a map that shows the surface location of the 28/09a-C9 well that was spudded by Harbour Energy this month, it looks like it is drilling a prospect…