Terje Solbakk, Author at GeoExpro

Posts by Terje Solbakk

Digital cooperation on exploration and subsurface

March 11, 2020

The collaboration between Shell and Equinor is expected to entail co-innovation across the whole value chain, such as maintenance, production optimisation and supply chain management, within areas like exploration, subsurface,…

Oil production to increase in 2020

Terje Solbakk

March 6, 2020

– Western Europe’s oil supply, with Norway and the United Kingdom as key contributors, is set for a renaissance this year and a growing trajectory going forward, according to Rystad…

APPEX 2020: A Johan Sverdrup analogue at the UKCS?

Terje Solbakk

March 6, 2020

One of the larger prospects that were presented at the APPEX Global 2020 is from the UK company North Sea Natural Resources Ltd (NSNR). Expronews.com talked to their CEO, Niels…

APPEX 2020: Exploration trends and outlook

Terje Solbakk

March 5, 2020

At the first day of APPEX, Andrew Latham, VP Global Exploration at Wood Mackenzie, gave an interesting overview of exploration trends and outlook in his talk: 2019 was another good…

Eos CCS well confirms CO2 storage potential

Terje Solbakk

March 5, 2020

The exploration well 31/5-7 (EOS) in EL 001 encountered a total of 173 metres of water-wet sandstone in the Aurora prospect, with good to very good reservoir quality in the…

DHIs works well for de-risking prospects

Terje Solbakk

March 4, 2020

Flat spots are found to be the only Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHI) that improve the all-over technical success rate, compared to other applied DHIs, according to a new report by…

Success for Migris prediction

Terje Solbakk

March 3, 2020

The small oil discovery 15/3-12 S (Sigrun East) gave reason to celebrate for Migris company, as they predicted this outcome earlier in 2020. Migris, who describe and reduce geological and…

Small oil discovery in Sigrun East next to Gudrun

Terje Solbakk

March 2, 2020

Wildcats 15/3-12 S and 15/3-12 A (Sigrun East) proved oil next to the Gudrun field in the mid-North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Preliminary estimates place the size…

PSA gives thumbs-up for two wildcats

Terje Solbakk

February 27, 2020

The Petroleum Safety Agency (PSA) in Norway has granted consents for two exploration wells. These are the Capricorn (now part of Sval Energi) wildcat 35/8-7 S on the Duncan/Terako prospects…

Balderbrå appraisal disappoints

Terje Solbakk

February 26, 2020

The gas discoveries southwest of the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. The two small discoveries, also in the Late Cretaceous Springar Fm, to the lower left, 6603/12-1 and…

Equinor drops Australian wildcat

Terje Solbakk

February 25, 2020

Overview over licenses and drilled wells in the Ceduna Sub-basin. Map: Equinor. Equinor states in a recent press release that they see no commerciality in their exploration drilling plans in…

Karst of the Arctic still in focus

Terje Solbakk

February 24, 2020

Geir Elvebakk. Photo: Terje Solbakk Expronews talked to Geir Elvebakk, on the soon-to-start carbonate wildcat campaign in the Barents Sea. Elvebakk is a Barents Sea carbonate expert, recently retired from…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Posts by Terje Solbakk

Digital cooperation on exploration and subsurface

Oil production to increase in 2020

APPEX 2020: A Johan Sverdrup analogue at the UKCS?

APPEX 2020: Exploration trends and outlook

Eos CCS well confirms CO2 storage potential

DHIs works well for de-risking prospects

Success for Migris prediction

Small oil discovery in Sigrun East next to Gudrun

PSA gives thumbs-up for two wildcats

Balderbrå appraisal disappoints

Equinor drops Australian wildcat

Karst of the Arctic still in focus

GXP Publishing

Editor in Chief

Subscribe