Exploration is a long-term game
“Oil prices fluctuate, but we aim for a steady pace in terms of our exploration activities,” says Olav Antonio Blaich, VP Exploration & Reservoir Development at Aker BP in Norway.…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Seismic geothermal survey to kick off in Germany
In the Münsterland Basin in Germany, a new seismic campaign will start in a few days’ time in order to further investigate the geothermal potential of strata buried to a…
A new UK drilling record
With early signs of high temperatures and good permeabilities at the target depth, the first well drilled at Biomes in Cornwall by the Eden Geothermal project in southwest England…
Harbour is keeping busy in the J area
Harbour Energy is keeping busy in the J area (Quadrant 30 in the UK Central North Sea), where the company is currently drilling three wells in various stages of completion.…
BBC oil documentary highlights concerns, but needs more perspective
“Everything we did would benefit the nation,” as Jake Molloy – Regional organiser, RMT Union – said in yesterday’s BBC Documentary Black Black Oil. He referred to the start of…
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…
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,…