Technology competition: Three finalists – one winner
The prize is awarded each year at the NCS Exploration Conference, and every other year – in connection with the theme of the conference being Recent Advances in Exploration Technology…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
A better image of Ilder
About three weeks ago, we already reported on the 15/12-26 (Ilder) well, shortly after it had spudded in the Norwegian North Sea. Based on the information available at the time,…
Exploration results could be driver behind SNS development deal
In 2019, when Spirit Energy expressed an interest to develop the Pegasus West discovery as a tie-back to the Neptune-operated nearby Cygnus field, Neptune blocked the concept as it claimed…
Bacchus exploration well disappoints
As reported by Westwood and Energy Voice last week, the Bacchus 22/06c-B4 well in the UK Central North Sea came in dry after finding water-wet Fulmar sand in the Bacchus…
Shearwater GeoServices acquires streamers and renews fleet
Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (Shearwater) last week announced two transactions to take over marine seismic acquisition assets previously owned by Polarcus. Polarcus’ lenders in February this year instructed the company…
Successful exploration through integrating 4D seismic data
Operator Equinor, together with partners Vår Energi (25%), Idemitsu Petroleum (15%) and Neptune Energy (15%), has added a unique discovery to the list of exploration successes in the greater Fram…
The deepest well in the UKCS – a Rotliegend target at 9 km?
It is a mistake every geologist probably makes multiple times in her/his career: writing down a depth in metres instead of feet. This must have gone wrong when populating the…
Dutch gas powered by German wind
Last week, ONE-Dyas submitted a detailed outline of the N05-A development plan to the authorities. Primarily situated in the Dutch offshore, the accumulation straddles the Dutch-German median line and is…
A courageous exploration well
Thirty years ago, a geologist from Statoil (now Equinor) concluded that Upper Jurassic source rocks in the Stord Basin may not have generated oil due to shallow burial. That is…
Geothermal energy is a utility, not a commodity
Whether or not an oil or gas development makes money is highly dependent on the oil or gas price. If the price is favourable, an oil or gas project can…
The ship that never sinks
In less than two years, Equinor and partners have succeeded in confirming four consecutive oil finds: Echino (65 MMboe recoverable), Swisher (13 – 38 MMboe recoverable), Røver Nord (44 –…
Exploring for sub-Slochteren gas
The 1959 discovery of the Groningen field in Upper Permian Rotliegend sandstones kickstarted a drilling bonanza in the Netherlands and the North Sea that was not seen before. Both in…