How much of a growth area is the West of Shetland?
According to the Oil and Gas Authority, the West of Shetland is the area where the largest volumes of prospective resources are yet to found on the UKCS: 4.7 billion…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Should we explore for oil in a completely different way?
When Per Arne Bjørkum – scientist at Equinor and emeritus professor at University of Stavanger – plotted total organic carbon contents (TOC) of 871 Upper Jurassic Draupne Formation source rock…
NPD keeps on releasing relinquishment reports
As we reported on in July this year, the NPD started to release valuable subsurface information consolidated in relinquishment reports. Relinquishment reports often contain not only a lot of valuable…
Nelson in the spotlight
Shell is back in the Nelson area. Not to test another Paleocene prospect, but to try and prove hydrocarbons in the Upper Jurassic pod/intra-pod area east of Nelson through drilling…
The rock doctor
How often do geologists bring a helicopter to land these days? How much time do most professional geologists spend in the field? Probably by far not as much as John…
Dry well for PGNiG
As announced by the NPD yesterday, well 6306/3-1S drilled by PGNiG and Lime Petroleum (10%) in PL937 has come in dry. It cannot be stated differently, this was a courageous…
A consolidation in exploration
More than 1.2 billion barrels of reserves, low operating costs of around 3 $/boe, electrification of almost all operations and a breakeven cost of approximately 10 $/boe: Lundin Energy is…
It’s time for Denmark to step up geothermal energy production
Denmark is a country where some key ingredients for the successful implementation of a geothermal project are present: a complex of district heating systems enabling the effective and local distribution…
Spirit Norway sold to Sval and Equinor
As this website joked this morning; British Gas owner Centrica should have enough money in the bank to cover the cost of a good Christmas party. The 69% shareholder of…
Identifying thin sand injectites to prevent drilling issues
Is it possible to get a better understanding of the presence of small-scale injected sands even when they are below seismic resolution individually? That’s what Alma Dzozlic Bradaric from the…
UK 3 – Norway 2
Against a backdrop of a (temporary) drop in drilling activity across the Norwegian Continental Shelf and a simultaneous increase in activity in the UK, the latter finds itself in the…
Shell withdraws from Cambo – a sigh of relief at Westminster?
“The economic case for investment is not strong enough at this time, as well as having the potential for delays,” a Shell spokesperson said in this BBC article published yesterday…