Environmentalists celebrate the construction of new gas-fired power stations in Belgium
The current energy crisis as seen in Europe has been laid bare in Belgium over the past few days. At the same time as politicians and diplomats try to agree…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Aker BP spud well that may become the smallest discovery of the year
Well 24/12-7, spudded a little more than a week ago in PL1041, targets the Lyderhorn prospect in what are possibly Hermod Fm injectite sands of Paleocene age. Operated by Aker…
Egyptian Vulture discovery in line with Equinor’s new strategy
“Exploration activity is key Equinor’s new strategy,” says Kristin Westvik (Equinor’s area director for Exploration and Production North) in yesterday’s press release. That’s not too much of a surprise, but…
Mugnetind – minor discovery
Spudded on the 10th of October, 7/11-14S operated by Aker BP has turned out to be the third consecutive find for partner Longboat Energy (20%) after Rødhette in the Barents…
More geology with seismic velocities
Until recently, seismic velocities have had low value spin-off value as it was only used for migrating seismic data and depth stretching from time to depth domain in workstations. The…
Shell and Exxon start preparing sale of Dutch fields
Is it a surprise? Probably not. Is it a shock? It still is. This week, Shell and Esso in the form of their 50-50 joint venture NAM announced the start…
Not a great exploration year for Lundin so far
So far, this year has not been very successful for operator Lundin. The company has now completed six exploration and appraisal wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2021. Together,…
Embracing digitalization from a subsurface perspective
DIGEX is the conference on digitalization for the geoscience community and surrounding industries in Norway. At the conference, we look at how digital technology is enabling the oil & gas…
Banning exploration may not be the answer
In August this year, Reuters reported that Denmark and Costa Rica are trying to forge an alliance of countries willing to fix a date to phase out oil and gas…
The flat spot that disappeared through technology
This story starts with the drilling of the 7221/12-1 Svanefjell well in the year 2018. A shallow target at a depth of around 550 m in Late Carnian to Early…
Neptune UK did not accept 32nd Round awards
Neptune Energy UK has decided not to accept its UKCS 32nd Round licence offers, awarded this summer. The awarded blocks were situated in the Central North Sea close to Neptune’s…
Drilling at the crossroads of continents
When extrapolating the Tornquist lineament from Denmark and the Highland Boundary fault from Scotland, one would arrive in the area of the Sele High in Quadrant 17 of the Norwegian…