Where’s being drilled at the moment?
A quick 2020 recap In terms of exploration wells spudded, 2020 was a year of strongly reduced activity, particularly on the UK Continental Shelf. With only six well spuds, some…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
i3 Energy relinquishes licence following disappointing drilling results
i3 Energy plc, an independent oil and gas company with assets and operations in the UK and Canada, announced the relinquishment of licence P1987, covering the Liberator discovery, yesterday. The…
A 2020 exploration wrap-up – what has happened this year?
What are the most important observations we can make from plotting the 2020 exploration wells spudded in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea? First of all, it is…
How “frontier” can exploration in a mature area be?
Looking at a map of the Norwegian Northern North Sea (see above), with the structural elements as a background to the existing fields and exploration wells, 31/1-2S can almost be…
Richmond, a second Cygnus in the Southern North Sea?
Where exploration in the Southern North Sea was traditionally focused along the southern shores of the Permian Silverpit lake, the (re)discovery of Cygnus and the interest in Lower Carboniferous and…
Draupner Energy keen to move forward high-impact prospects
A Zechstein oil discovery in the nearby Ossian-Darach well, an onshore find (West Newton), Shell farming in to another Zechstein prospect and further proof of a mature Zechstein source rock…
ONE-Dyas keeps exploring the Dutch Continental Shelf – A Friday North Sea wrap-up
In a year where there was even a spell without a single well being drilled, and where many O&G companies are waiting for the government to implement a more favourable…
CNOOC spuds Glengorm appraisal well
Last week, CNOOC and partners Energean (25%) and Total (25%) spudded the first appraisal well on the Glengorm discovery. Announced early 2019, The Glengorm find was hailed as the most…
Equinor fails to find Draupne sandstones at Fjell
As announced by the NPD yesterday, Equinor did not find reservoir sandstones in the 34/7-37S well drilled to the south of the Borg field in production licence 089. With 34/7-37S…
Dry well for Equinor in Barents Sea
Well 7018/5-1 is situated in PL960 and was operated by operated by Equinor. Partners are Petoro (20%), Lundin Energy (20%) and Wintershall Dea (20%). The well was drilled in the…
So, where are the current fields and licences in Denmark?
With Denmark not only cancelling the 8th Licensing Round but also committing not to hold any future rounds, the country has been featuring in the media since Friday last week.…
It took a holiday to find Ekofisk – A Friday North Sea wrap-up
Danish Government happy to send CO2 abroad In an article published on the Energy Watch website this week, it was announced that the Danish government considers to pipe CO2 abroad…