Jaws bites the dust
Shell and partner Capricorn (50%) have completed well 22/12d-13 targeting the Jaws prospect to the southeast of Nelson in P2380. Anticipated to hold up to 30 MMboe, a 31 m…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Who could be interested in buying Shell’s gas assets in the UK North Sea?
Last month, Reuters published an exclusive in which it reported that Shell intends to sell some key UK Southern North Sea gas assets. The assets are the Clipper hub as…
Exploration 2022 = Frontier exploration
Given the current price environment and concerns about security of supply, one of the things Europe seems to increasingly agree on is the fact that the energy mix should be…
Drawing grains from cutting samples to develop machine learning algorithms
Do you know what junior geologist Wouter Bell Gravendeel is doing in the image shown above? Together with his fellow colleagues Jostein Larsen Hesthammer and Jahn Brusdal Eriksen, he is…
From Brabant to Barents
When looking at the map below and realising that only 50 years ago hardly any wells were drilled across NW European shelves, the conclusion is justified that a lot more…
“The European gas market is broken”
That concludes Nikos Tsafos in a tweet earlier this morning when comparing gas and oil prices. Yes, oil is now north of $100 per barrel, but in oil equivalent terms…
Hamlet – an exploration or appraisal well?
At first glance, when looking at NPD Factmaps, it seems that well 35/9-16S – which is operated by Neptune Energy in PL153 – is targeting a closure that was already…
At the centre of Dutch E&P intelligence for more than 30 years
Starting of as a copper and hydrocarbon geologist in various places across the globe, he finished with a 31-years spell in oil and gas intelligence for the Dutch E&P sector.…
How cutting data help decode the subsurface
“De-risking future targets should be done through the integration of all sources of information at hand. The enormous dataset now available via the Released Wells Initiative helps us a lot,”…
Could NEO consider a venture into exploration?
Multiple factors are pointing towards a greater likelihood of new North Sea entrant NEO to become more serious about exploration on the UK Continental Shelf. In a week when UK…
Appraising and exploring the offshore extension of the Zandvoort Ridge
Kistos has shown to be an active player on the Dutch Continental Shelf thus far. Last year, it further appraised and developed the Q10-A field, whereby the Cretaceous oil accumulation…
Shell explores deep potential of Ormen Lange
It does not happen very often that Shell drills an exploration well in Norwegian waters. And even though the well name does sound more like a development hole, 6305/5-C-3 H…