A prospect in outcrop
“Much of the seeming undisturbed landscape around us is anthropogenic in origin,” says Graham Leslie from the British Geological Survey when introducing a group of geologists to the area last…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Lundin continues exploring the Utsira High
In an ongoing campaign to further proof prospectivity and deliverability of the Utsira High petroleum province, Lundin and partner Aker BP (40%) have now spudded well 16/4-12 in PL981 close…
Director British Geological Survey reinforces the need to look into the potential of deep sea minerals
In a video message published this week, director of the British Geological Survey Karen Hanghøj reinforces the need to further look into the potential of mining deep sea minerals as…
From discovery to first oil in five years
“Being able to look around the well bore in a radius of 30 m enabled us to drill all four Duva production wells to the highest standards, maximising the length…
Mixed results for DNO in Southern North Sea drilling campaign
The well (2/5-15), drilled just north of the Tor Southeast Chalk oil discovery, targeted the Gomez prospect and proved a 23 m oil column in Paleocene Intra-Lista and Våle Formation…
Dry appraisal well on Black Vulture discovery
As announced yesterday, operator of Norwegian Sea licence 159B Equinor has completed well 6507/3-14 on the Black Vulture discovery and did not succeed in proving hydrocarbons in what was thought…
A two-year deadline
The prospect of the first large scale deep see mining project has this year come a lot closer when a deal was announced between a small Pacific island of Nauru…
Geothermal energy from fractured “basement”
In the North Sea oil and gas sector, production from fractured basement is in the spotlight these days, given the Lancaster field development in the UK and the recently announced…
Is it time to awake Fizzy?
“Industrial CO2 shortage is causing disruption in UK food industry.” Who expected this headlines like these? It seems very counterintuitive, but it is a reality and it shows how interconnected…
Will Rødhette help Goliat?
With a gross mean volume of 41 MMboe, the Rødhette (Little Red Riding Hood) prospect currently being targeted through drilling well 7122/6-3S must certainly be interpreted as an infrastructure-led exploration…
Investing in oil and gas key for future of UKCS
With the current level of proven and probable reserves (4.4 billion boe), UK production only lasts until 2030 on the basis of demand projections. That may be the most impactful…
A 5 MMb find is already worth looking into
Even in areas where decades of exploration may have resulted in a view that nothing more can be found, it is through “good old exploration work” that new incremental volumes…