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…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
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…
TGS proposes consortium to better assess deep sea mineral deposits
Together with companies EMGS and Halliburton and the universities of Tromsø and Bergen in Norway, Energy Data and Intelligence company TGS is proposing to form a consortium to perform a…
Rødhette could help Goliat – discovery announced
The 71226-3S well has come in positively for operator Vår Energi and partners Longboat Energy (20%), Concedo (20%) & Equinor (10%), as the operator just announced in a press release.…
We’re losing the PR battle
“An endorsement from government is not enough, we have to make sure that public perception changes with regards to the role the oil and gas industry plays in society,” said…
Should Groningen be kept open?
“The Netherlands will go ahead with plans to end gas production at the large Groningen field next year,” Reuters reported on the 24th of September. Similarly, as written by S&P Global…
Dry well for Lundin, but watch the next!
In an attempt to add volumes to the Solveig development, Lundin and partner Aker BP have not been successful in proving hydrocarbons in the Merckx prospect in PL981. Estimated to…
UK & Norway – stark contrast in Brent province drilling activity
With Equinor this week awarding a multi-well contract to COSL Drilling Europe to have four additional wells drilled on Statfjord Ost from 2023 onwards, in addition to an option for…
Jackdaw – a critical longevity bridge
As reported by Energy Voice yesterday, disappointment prevails at Shell after the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) declined to sanction the Environmental Statement for the development of…