Static model giant Groningen field publicly available
Releasing field data is not a new thing, as Equinor demonstrated through making available the Volve dataset a few years ago. However, having the ability to now download the static…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
Is there another Halfdan in the Danish North Sea?
A classic petroleum play consists of a reservoir, a seal, a trap and migration/charge. In an interesting article published by the GEUS Bulletin this year, Alessandro Sandrin explains why the…
First gas from Tolmount expected in Q2 next year
It is a positive sign that, hearing so often that the Southern North Sea is very near its closing chapter with regards to exploration, the first talk at a one-day…
After the success of Warka, will ConocoPhillips strike again in the Norwegian Sea?
Being the first well drilled in production licence 891, well 6507/5-10S is operated by ConocoPhillips and partnered by Pandion Energy at 20%. Read more about the Warka discovery here. The…
Siri Canyon – storage and exploration – A Friday North Sea wrap-up
CO2 storage project Danish offshore reaches milestone As announced this week, the Nini West field in the Siri Canyon has reached a milestone into being developed as a site for…
A tale of oil-down-to’s
28 years after Saga Petroleum AS made the H-Central oil discovery, Equinor has returned to explore for more volumes in the Draupne Sandstone as it targets the Fjell prospect. Here…
Resaturation of previously drained compartments form attractive late-life targets
With over 130 drilled so far, the North Cormorant field in the UK Northern North Sea has been well developed. Discovered in 1972 and currently operated by TAQA, this Middle…
Apache drilling side-track in injectite play
As reported by the OGA, well 9/19b-29Z spudded on Monday last week (16/11) in UK Licence P1986. Classified as an exploration well, it is likely that it further appraises the…
Basement play still attractive – A Friday North Sea wrap up
With the NCS Exploration Strategy conference taking place this week, there’s a bit too much to report on, so we will focus on a few highlights today and keep the…
And the winner is…the human with the machine
329 teams from around the world signed for the competition. 148 of them submitted at least one solution. 2200 solutions were scored against the blind well dataset of 10 wells.…
The field with the drill centre offset from the reservoir crest
Discovered by Maersk in 2008, the Culzean HPHT field in the UK Central North Sea came on stream in July 2019. Due to the Maersk takeover by Total in 2017/2018,…
From GIS to Geomodel – A Friday North Sea wrap-up
Aker BP announces small discovery in Norwegian Sea Well 6607/12-4 was drilled to target Jurassic/Triassic reservoir rocks of the Garn, Ile, Tofte, Tilje and Åre Formations, but even though a…