Will the next Barents Sea exploration well be successful?
With Equinor and partners now drilling the Isflak well in between the Havis and Drivis discoveries, it is thought that the changes of success are quite high.
Posts by Henk Kombrink
The use of public domain subsurface data in the spotlight
A consortium of Dutch companies launched a petition to support an open-source well database last week. It doesn’t happen often that companies initiate a debate this way.
QEMSCAN – the geological QR code
Through analysing hundreds of cuttings from a single well, depositional history and provenance changes are brought to life with the QEMSCAN technique.
The end of Mandal High exploration?
With Mol announcing another dry well in the Mandal High area, there will probably be little appetite to continue exploring.
A geothermal drilling project of great potential significance
In the Netherlands, multi-lateral wells are to be drilled to exploit geothermal energy from thin Rotliegend strata.
Røver North, a particular Brent discovery in multiple ways
Not only is the discovery located in a “frontier” part of the basin, the Brent succession in the area is also likely to be different.
Bringing legacy seismic data into the 21st Century
British company Moveout Data will help Osokey deliver a world-class open access subsurface data platform for the OGA.
A frontier play in a mature basin – the Kimmeridge Clay
Whilst the creaming curve for conventional North Sea oil discoveries flattens off, it is important to realise that only a fraction of oil has so far been produced.
Are you a subsurface citizen data scientist?
At the upcoming #DIGEX2021 conference, Aker BP will show how hackatons help get geoscientists interact with subsurface data more.
How Seagull flies
Whilst development drilling on Seagull has started, we take a look at the geology and appraisal history.
Digitalisation enables NPD to take on large-scale projects in a time-effective manner
As will be presented during the upcoming #DIGEX2021 conference next month, the NPD has embarked on using machine learning technology to better map NCS petroleum resource potential.
Bask prospect in the southern Barents Sea dry
Last attempt in three-well campaign also fails to prove commercial quantities of hydrocarbons, casting further doubt on future of the Barents Sea.