What pressure data can do
The ENE trending Rankin High is dissected by a series of sub-parallel Lower to Middle Jurassic basins, of which the Searipple Graben to the west of NW Rankin is an…
Posts by Henk Kombrink
When will the first prospect be drilled that was identified and de-risked through the use of AI?
There is a buzz around artificial intelligence (AI). With routine tasks being increasingly taken over by machines, to the point that they are better trained than the human eye, when…
Shallow geothermal energy is also thriving in the Munich area
The Munich area in the south of Germany is situated in a genuine hot spot when it comes to geothermal energy production. Karstified Upper Jurassic carbonates have already formed an…
Why it is not a slam dunk to ramp up gas production in Bolivia
Bolivia is still a gas-exporting country, with Brazil and Argentina being the two customers. But, with production on a long-term decline, and with Argentina now developing its own resource in…
What could be behind the downgrade of Shell’s deep-water discoveries in Namibia?
This week, Namibia’s petroleum commissioner Maggy Shino announced that Shell has thus far discovered 200 million barrels of recoverable oil at Graff and 300 million barrels of recoverable oil at…
The future lies in low-perm reservoirs – not only in the desert but possibly in deep-water too
We received quite a few comments on our short story about the commencement of tight gas production from the Ghawar field in Saudi Arabia. Thanks to that, there is an…
Ghawar keeps on going
In November last year, Aramco announced that it produced its first unconventional tight gas from the Ghawar South project, producing up to 300 mmscf/day of gas and 38 kbpd of…
After four years of production, what is the verdict?
Whilst drilling of Eavor’s landmark geothermal closed-loop drilling project in southern Germany has reached the deepest point this week, the company also released a report summarising the past four years…
The team at GEO EXPRO wishes you a great New Year, full of energy!
As many people will have headed back to either their (home) office today – brutally ignoring all of those who have continued working on site regardless of whether it is…
A truly global event focused on prospecting, business transactions, and deal-making for the oil and gas E&P sector
A catalyst for deals to be struck and new ventures to be undertaken, BEOS will bring together Oil and Gas Majors, IOCs, NOCs, Independents, E&P firms and Governments, whilst also…
Geothermal resources show their limits
Development of geothermal capacity in Turkey has seen a rapid increase over the past decades but has recently slowed down.
A unique well at a unique time
“It is easy to reconstruct the rifting and drifting history between South America and Africa. Similarly, it is straightforward to piece together the extensional history between Norway and Greenland. But…