Henk Kombrink, Author at GeoExpro

Posts by Henk Kombrink

Another Utsira High discovery seeing first oil soon

September 3, 2021

In times when potential field developments are being heavily discussed in the light of climate concerns (Cambo field, UK), environmental issues (Ternaard, Netherlands) or are even abandoned by oil companies…

Only traces of oil found in the latest Liatårnet appraisal well

Henk Kombrink

September 2, 2021

In a press release issued by the NPD yesterday, it was announced that the 25/2-22S appraisal well on Liatårnet only proved traces of oil in the Miocene Skade Formation interval,…

Neptune kicks off drilling Dugong Tail

Henk Kombrink

September 2, 2021

The Dugong Tail prospect can be seen as another compartment in the NE-SW trending fault block – or relay ramp between the Marulk Basin in the NW and the Tampen…

Ternaard – one of the last “onshore” discoveries that may be developed

Henk Kombrink

September 1, 2021

The Dutch government is considering to approve NAM’s request to produce gas from the Ternaard gas field, which is situated below one of the most important nature reserves in the…

Denmark did not close the door for exploration

Henk Kombrink

August 31, 2021

“Denmark set to end all new oil and gas exploration” or “Spain’s move to ban new exploration awards follows a December move by Denmark to ban new exploration (…).” These…

Pushing the boundaries of geothermal sweet spots

Henk Kombrink

August 30, 2021

Last week, Shell in partnership with company D4 announced the award of a licence for geothermal exploration in the west of the Netherlands – named “Rijnland”. It occupies a large…

Lundin explores and appraises with Lille Prinsen drilling campaign

Henk Kombrink

August 27, 2021

Lundin and partners are steadily continuing an extensive 2021 nine-well drilling campaign and other activities in the Greater Edvard Grieg area. Amongst those were the near-Solveig well 16/4-13S to explore…

The new UK National Data Repository: another milestone in accessing subsurface data

Henk Kombrink

August 26, 2021

In 2015, when I carried out a small project that involved looking at composite logs from UKCS wells, I visited the OGA office near the Aberdeen railway station and spent…

The basin that lacked a final push

Henk Kombrink

August 25, 2021

As part of a PhD project carried out at Aberdeen University, Laura-Jane Fyfe recently published a paper in Petroleum Geoscience where she and her co-authors assess the prospectivity of the…

Drilling for science in a Norwegian frontier area

Henk Kombrink

August 24, 2021

On the 11th of August, drill ship JOIDES Resolution set sail from the port of Reykjavik. During the two-month cruise this autumn, the crew hopes to drill at nine locations…

Liatårnet: a heavy or lightweight?

Henk Kombrink

August 23, 2021

“How heavy is the oil?” That will probably be the most important question operator Aker BP and partner Lotos E&P Norway (9.74%) will want to be answered with the current…

Danish CO2 storage consortium aims high

Henk Kombrink

August 20, 2021

This week, Wintershall Dea announced that it expects to start a pilot project injecting CO2 into a depleted oil field in the Danish sector by the end of next year…

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Posts by Henk Kombrink

Another Utsira High discovery seeing first oil soon

Only traces of oil found in the latest Liatårnet appraisal well

Neptune kicks off drilling Dugong Tail

Ternaard – one of the last “onshore” discoveries that may be developed

Denmark did not close the door for exploration

Pushing the boundaries of geothermal sweet spots

Lundin explores and appraises with Lille Prinsen drilling campaign

The new UK National Data Repository: another milestone in accessing subsurface data

The basin that lacked a final push

Drilling for science in a Norwegian frontier area

Liatårnet: a heavy or lightweight?

Danish CO2 storage consortium aims high

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