Firing up the development of six UKCS fields? A reality check
Over the past year, the UK government has not been particularly decisive when it comes to approving field developments. Jackdaw is the best example of this, with Shell’s preferred exit…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
The power of the offshore
Up to 60% of the required reduction in CO2 emissions for the UK can be released through a variety of projects focussed on the UK North Sea. This illustrates the…
ONE-Dyas finds oil in IJssel appraisal well
Drilling appraisal wells doesn’t happen every day in the Dutch sector, where new finds are scarce. Let alone an appraisal well on an oil discovery. However, according the NLOG website,…
Equinor spuds exploration well near Snorre field, on trend with Dugong
Whilst Neptune is working on the next phase for the Dugong discovery, Equinor and partners Petoro (30%), Wintershall Dea (24.5%), Idemitsu (9.6%) and Vår (4.9%) are now drilling a prospect…
Maureen recovery factor in Mariner much lower than initially foreseen
“The Mariner reservoirs have up to 3 billion barrels of oil in place, a 50% increase on what was originally assumed, and the estimated recovery rate has already been increased…
Is the recruitment tide turning?
In the last couple of weeks, there has been a bit of an uptake in the number of upstream roles being advertised on social media, even in the G&G domain.…
The Triassic is hot in the North Sea
Dunnottar, Jade South, Edinburgh, Iving and King/Prince; the names of these recently drilled or soon to be drilled targets all share one thing; the main reservoir is the Triassic. Although…
The field that is situated above the first water-bottom multiple
Situated only 250 m below the seabed, few people believed that the very shallow Wisting prospect could hold up to 500 MMboe recoverable. Until OMV drilled 7324/8-1 in 2013, which…
Some more room for Ternaard?
Numerous reports have been written on the effects of gas or salt production on subsidence in one of the Netherlands’ most precious nature reserves – the Wadden Sea. Due to…
All eyes are on Oswig East
This week, FORCE organised the Underexplored Plays IV Conference, which took place in online format on Wednesday and Thursday. Attended by around 120 people from the exploration community, one of…
No oil at the horizon in Hemispheres
In the far north-eastern corner of the Norwegian North Sea, Wellesley and partner Petoro (20%) have finalised drilling the 36/1-4 exploration well targeting the Middle Jurassic Krossfjord Fm Hemispheres prospect.…
Swedish government approves deep geological repository for nuclear waste
After many years of study and preparation, a landmark decision has now been reached to build a geological repository for nuclear waste. This is not only good news for Sweden…