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…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
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…
The sedimentary record of a drowning basement high
It is probably the most important reservoir in the Norwegian offshore sector, but it is difficult to map using seismic data because of its limited thickness of 5 to 40…
A game-changing geothermal project
Plans to drill up to seventeen wells – each to a depth of around 2,500 m. That is the scale of the geothermal development that may be realised in the city…
Store excess green electrical energy in…. synclines
How to store excess electrical energy when there is a surplus generated by wind and solar and how to supply energy when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t…
The oil field that was discovered by drilling a geothermal well
Germany’s domestic oil production is limited and has been declining for many years. In 2019, almost 38,000 BO/d was produced domestically, where the country consumes more than 2 million BO/d.…