Henk Kombrink, Author at GeoExpro

Posts by Henk Kombrink

Mineral resource estimates for Nordic waters expose different lines of thinking between major Norwegian institutions

April 3, 2024

A debate has recently unfolded around how much copper – and related metals – are present in Norway’s mid-oceanic ridge system, an area where mining could take place in the…

Full circle

Henk Kombrink

April 2, 2024

“I was still a student in the US when the GEO EXPRO magazine was launched at the EAGE Annual Convention in Paris in 2004”, says Ingvild Ryggen Carstens. “The year…

“In this case, we’d rather find the smallest prospect”

Henk Kombrink

March 29, 2024

In the continued discussion around the poor state of exploration drilling in the UK versus all those wells that are being drilled in Norwegian waters, it is so easy to…

A puncture in a geothermal seal

Henk Kombrink

March 28, 2024

More than fifteen years ago, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) was one of the first institutions in the Netherlands to come up with the idea to warm their premises…

“In 10 years, nobody would risk installing a subsea well without fibre optic sensing”

Henk Kombrink

March 28, 2024

It is corrosion resistant, has a long lifetime, no electronics are required downhole, and the “cable” is only a quarter of a millimeter thick. Fibre optic sensing technology has a…

Hydrocarbon shows don’t necessarily mean a significant discovery

Henk Kombrink

March 21, 2024

“MCF Energy Announces Significant Gas Discovery in Austria“, is the headline of a press release issued a few days ago by Canadian player MCF Energy. That sounds like exciting news…

Deciphering the wealth of data that come from fibre optic sensing

Henk Kombrink

March 20, 2024

It is corrosion resistant, has a long lifetime, no electronics are required downhole, and the “cable” is only a quarter of a millimeter thick. Fibre optic sensing technology has a…

Wind and solar energy – temporarily stored in a salt cavern

Henk Kombrink

March 19, 2024

One of the major challenges for the energy transition is the storage of excess energy that can be used at times when the wind does not blow or the sun…

A dissolvable tool

Henk Kombrink

March 13, 2024

Andrew Garioch from Well-SENSE talks us through the use of fibre-optic technology for well intervention work

Shallow geothermal energy production may soon be more important than deep geothermal energy production in the Netherlands

Henk Kombrink

March 12, 2024

It is a development that is not often talked about or highlighted in the media, but data on subsurface energy production using water as a carrier clearly shows how important…

The race for pressure space

Henk Kombrink

March 7, 2024

Another pressure plot without values on the Y-axis! That’s what I thought when watching Eirik Jenssen’s presentation at the Dig X Conference in Oslo yesterday. Eirik works as a Reservoir…

CNOOC makes largest offshore hydrocarbon discovery in special rock formation. What is that about?

Henk Kombrink

March 4, 2024

Last week, I was struck by a headline published by media outlet OGV. It read: CNOOC makes world largest offshore hydrocarbons discovery in special rock formation. Reading through the article,…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Posts by Henk Kombrink

Mineral resource estimates for Nordic waters expose different lines of thinking between major Norwegian institutions

Full circle

“In this case, we’d rather find the smallest prospect”

A puncture in a geothermal seal

“In 10 years, nobody would risk installing a subsea well without fibre optic sensing”

Hydrocarbon shows don’t necessarily mean a significant discovery

Deciphering the wealth of data that come from fibre optic sensing

Wind and solar energy – temporarily stored in a salt cavern

A dissolvable tool

Shallow geothermal energy production may soon be more important than deep geothermal energy production in the Netherlands

The race for pressure space

CNOOC makes largest offshore hydrocarbon discovery in special rock formation. What is that about?

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