Henk Kombrink, Author at GeoExpro

Posts by Henk Kombrink

Imagine – heating your house using gas produced by 1.3 billion-year-old blue-green algae

September 20, 2024

Compared to gas from the Beetaloo Basin, shale gas from the USA is just a teenager, with the age of the Pennsylvanian source rocks hovering around 350 million years. The…

Canada – and the workhorse behind its continued rise in oil production

Henk Kombrink

September 18, 2024

With Equinor breaking the news last month that its Sitka prospect only contained non-commercial amounts of oil, another disappointing drilling result hit the exploration community in Canada. Sitka was supposed…

Gravel and geothermal energy

Henk Kombrink

September 13, 2024

It is well-known that Munich is benefiting from a favourable setting in terms of deep geothermal energy production. A little less well-known is that Munich also sits on a much…

Why political endorsement of the oil and gas industry won’t bring back the majors straight away

Henk Kombrink

September 12, 2024

It is too easy to think that a policy reversal in favour of oil and gas exploration such as the one that was recently announced for New Zealand will immediately…

It was not a geologist who found oil at Spindletop

Henk Kombrink

September 8, 2024

It is a murky Friday morning, and it looks as if the sky is about to let go of some more rain anytime. The South Texas plain is flat, vast…

Does Denmark really want onshore CO2 storage?

Henk Kombrink

September 6, 2024

Less than a year ago, we published an article about what was supposed to be Europe’s first full-scale and commercial onshore CO2 storage project, aimed to be operational next year.…

Has Norway’s drive to find more gas in the Barents Sea paid off yet?

Henk Kombrink

September 5, 2024

Fuelled by the gas crisis that unfolded in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Norwegians voiced hopes that the Barents Sea was the place where additional gas resources were…

Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Carbon Capture and Storage Well Design

Henk Kombrink

September 5, 2024

CFD is used to model the leak rate of CO₂ through abandoned wells and to verify that the leak rates are As Low As Reasonably Possible. The risk of loss…

FORGE – first injection test successfully completed but no pressure equilibrium achieved

Henk Kombrink

August 30, 2024

A couple of months ago, the FORGE project in Utah, USA, reported a successful stimulation and circulation test at their flagship Enhanced Geothermal Systems project. “These tests in stimulated hot…

The new kids on the geosteering block

Henk Kombrink

August 29, 2024

For some people, the pandemic came at the right time. That certainly applies to wellsite geologists Amin, Ammar and Rafi representing BITCAP, a new start-up that released its first commercial…

Chasing zombie wells

Henk Kombrink

August 28, 2024

“It doesn’t have the dramatic fire and oil shooting out like the bp Macondo well. No, here, in the Permian Basin, wells are spewing fully saturated brine instead”, says Sarah…

A 100% success rate

Henk Kombrink

August 27, 2024

A little bit of humour is a very effective way to dress up a conversation, and VP Exploration at Petronas Mohd Redhani did just that during today’s opening session at…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Posts by Henk Kombrink

Imagine – heating your house using gas produced by 1.3 billion-year-old blue-green algae

Canada – and the workhorse behind its continued rise in oil production

Gravel and geothermal energy

Why political endorsement of the oil and gas industry won’t bring back the majors straight away

It was not a geologist who found oil at Spindletop

Does Denmark really want onshore CO2 storage?

Has Norway’s drive to find more gas in the Barents Sea paid off yet?

Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Carbon Capture and Storage Well Design

FORGE – first injection test successfully completed but no pressure equilibrium achieved

The new kids on the geosteering block

Chasing zombie wells

A 100% success rate

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