The search for oil in an abandoned gas field
Aker BP has started drilling an interesting well (25/2-23A) in PL873, where Equinor (40%) and Lotos (20%) are partners. The first hole will be drilled in the Eocene Frigg sandstone…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
ONE-Dyas appraises IJssel find
Early 2021, ONE-Dyas completed a successful exploration well (F06-07) in the northern Dutch offshore, just south of the Neptune-operated F03-FB field. In contrast to most wells drilled in the Dutch…
Significant downward revision of Mariner reserves
Equinor doesn’t seem to have much luck on the UK Continental Shelf. A series of dry holes in pursuit of a Johan Sverdrup equivalent – of which the Tiger Lilly…
Big drop in development drilling across UKCS
The number of exploration wells drilled in a basin can be used as an indicator to predict short to mid-term levels of confidence, but the number of development wells also…
A second Johan Sverdrup?
A week ago, Lundin Energy and partners Spirit (20%; soon to be Sval Energy) and Petoro (20%) spudded well 6306/9-1 in PL886, following a delay of more than a year.…
Output from Groningen may be almost twice as high as expected this year
In September last year, the Dutch government expected output from the giant Groningen field to be 3.9 Bcm in the current gas year. However, this week the minister announced an…
More data released on Zechstein build-ups in Dutch sector
The North Sea Zechstein play continues to attract interest from the industry, with Shell drilling the highly-anticipated Pensacola well in the UK Sector probably this year. Another example of progress…
Exploring the eastern margin of the North Sea Basin
In the northernmost region of the Norwegian Northern North Sea, Wellesley Petroleum and partner Petoro (20%) are in the process of drilling well 36/1-4 in PL 885 in an attempt…
Drilling successful appraisal wells is the new frontier
Just before everyone shut off their computers for a well-deserved Christmas break less than two weeks ago, CNOOC announced that the most recent appraisal well on the Glengorm discovery had…
Equinor explores Upper Jurassic near Draugen
Located about 65 km northeast of the Fenja field, Equinor (31%) and partners OKEA (40%), Harbour (20%) and Longboat (9%) have now spudded well 6407/9-13 targeting the Upper Jurassic Ginny…
2021 in one graph and one map
It is nearly Christmas, so it’s the time of the year to have a look back at what happened. For that reason, we have compiled both a map and a…
The deal of the year?
Rumours about Equinor being interested in Lundin, Neptune looking for bids and Vår Energi considering a stock market float, there have been plenty of speculations around corporate restructuration plans recently.…