Equinor spuds first UKCS exploration well of the year
Last week, Equinor spudded well 16/2a-6 in P2319, the first UK Continental Shelf exploration well being drilled this year. It follows on from a previous attempt to prove oil in…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Limited uptake in 25th NCS Licensing Round
Another sign that frontier exploration is getting less and less important even in the Norwegian sector? One would say so, when looking at the awards announced by the NPD yesterday.…
OMV targets Chalk overlying Ipswich salt dome
Back in 2008, Dong E&P Norway drilled well 1/3-11 only 1,200 m to the west of where 1/3-13 has now been spudded. However, the target of the Dong-operated well was…
The area near the oldest NCS licence keeps on giving
With the discovery of between 60 and 135 MMboe recoverable, Vår Energi and partner Mime Petroleum (10%) have clearly proven that the area where the second wildcat on the entire…
Additional pay, not so far away
On Friday last week, Aker BP announced that production has started from the Gråsel field in the Norwegian Sea. It is a good example of the development of an oil…
Dutch geothermal sector produces more gas than some small gas fields
When ranked amongst the 22 gas-producing assets (licences) onshore the Netherlands, total gas production from all geothermal wells ranks 17th, thus leaving 7 producing gas assets behind. This is an…
ONE-Dyas hits gas at Turkoois prospect
Operator ONE-Dyas is reported to have found gas in exploration well N04-03, recently completed north of the N05-A gas discovery that is likely to be developed in the next few…
The potential of “forgotten” pay
“Until a few months ago, no one apparently seemed to remember about this well test,” says Mike Lakin from Envoi. He points to a test performed in one of the…
A small discovery at the margins of the Brent province
Drilled just north of the pinch-out line of the Middle Jurassic Brent sandstones, the targets of well 34/6-5 S were Lower Jurassic sandstones of both the Cook and Nansen formations…
Ekofisk – where did the field get its name from?
Back in 1964, Phillips Petroleum was awarded several exploration licences offshore Norway. “In time-honoured Oklahoma fashion, these licences were given imaginative names: Area A, B, up to G,” Leslie Popham…
A rapid local sea level rise
As the Ekofisk field celebrates its 50th production anniversary today, the vast amount data acquired throughout the years can be used to infer a variety of interesting trends, even when…
Geology keeps surprising
Yesterday, the NPD announced that well 35/11-25S and its side-track 25A drilling the Apodida prospect both came in dry. With the S well targeting Upper Jurassic Sognefjord Fm sandstones and…