The winners of the Gullkronen 2019 are…
The Gullkronen awards are a yearly prize ceremony organized by Rystad Energy to recognize companies, teams or people who have shown outstanding achievements on the NCS during the previous year.…
Posts by Liesbeth Breesch
Colter well has spudded
Corallian has started operations of the Colter exploration well 98/11a-5 on the 6th of February. The Colter prospect in P1918 is located 10km off the coast of Dorset, UK immediately…
More OBS surveys in the North Sea
Shearwater GeoServices is awarded 4 new Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) surveys by Aker BP and Equinor for 2019. Aker BP has awarded Shearwater with a multi-year OBS contract. The first…
Did you get a pay raise?
According to new Norwegian salary statistics from the Statistical Central Office (SSB) for 2018, measured from September 2017 to September 2018, the average salary of geologists and geophysicists increased with…
The augmented geoscientist
At #DIGEX2019, the conference about the digital subsurface, major technology companies, authorities and big oil and gas players such as Aker BP, Equinor and Repsol presented their digital vision, efforts…
Lundin plans record number of wells
Lundin Norway has never planned that many exploration wells on the NCS as in 2019. At its Capital Market day, Lundin shared its drilling program with 15 exploration wells and…
Oil and gas in Froskelår
Aker BP recently started a drilling campaign around the Frosk discovery in the Alvheim area (read more in “Drilling campaign around Frosk”). The first exploration well 24/9-14S on Froskelår Main…
Still some interest in exploring offshore Denmark
The deadline of the 8th Danish Licensing Round for areas for oil and gas exploration and production was today 1st of February 2019. The Danish Energy Agency announced it has…
US player to North Sea
The South-Texas focused unconventional petroleum company Talon Petroleum has entered an agreement to purchase EnCounter Oil. Talon Petroleum is building a position in the UK North Sea and this is…
Buchan Area Round is open
It is now possible for oil and gas companies on the UKCS to submit applications to obtain exploration licenses in the Greater Buchan Area. The OGA has officially opened the…
Glengorm geology
The exciting news of yesterday was the significant discovery in the Glengorm exploration well offshore UK. Operator CNOOC and partners announced a 250MMboe gas and condensate discovery in block 22/21c-13…
Discovery in UK North Sea
The Glengorm HP/HT exploration well in block 22/21c-13 in the UK North Sea was spudded in the summer of 2018 (read also “UK wildcats for 2019”). Operator CNOOC (formerly Nexen…