Terje Solbakk, Author at GeoExpro

Posts by Terje Solbakk

Migris predicts discovery in Capricorn’s 35/8-7 S Duncan/Terako

Capricorn has spudded the wildcat 35/8-7 S east of the Vega field. Capricorn (Sval Energi) and partner Edison is aiming for the Duncan/Terako prospects. According to Migris, their prediction shows a high probability for charge both in the Middle and…

Terje Solbakk

March 1, 2021

Neptune makes a small oil discovery onshore Germany

Neptune Energy recently announced a small oil discovery with the Schwegenheim wildcat in the Rhine Valley in Germany. According to Neptune, the drilling operations reached a depth of 2,600 metres, with two layers found to be oil-bearing. Neptune’s managing director…

Terje Solbakk

March 31, 2020

Bold test on a shady (?) prospect

Neptune has just spudded 6507/8-10 S on the Grind prospect east of the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea. The prospect has been matured over a long time. It was first mapped by Norsk Hydro in the 1980s, later held…

Terje Solbakk

March 23, 2020

Past, present and future use of geophysics at the NCS

“Ideas tend to be old», Adriana Citlali Ramirez from TGS told the audience at the NPF Biannual Geophysical Seminar at Fornebu, Oslo, on March 10. “In the last decade, we have managed risks to accelerate the large-scale utilization of old…

Terje Solbakk

March 23, 2020

Aker BP slashes Barents Sea exploration in 2020

Aker BP announced that in response to the high uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the company has decided to cut its investment program and financial framework for 2020. This means that e.g.: Non-sanctioned field development projects are put on…

Terje Solbakk

March 23, 2020

OKEA and DNO cut exploration activities

OKEA announced that they will postpone all project sanction decisions, such as drilling or seismic programmes. They will further cancel sanctioned plans where possible and as agreed with Joint Venture partners. These measures will according to OKEA result in reductions…

Terje Solbakk

March 20, 2020

A closer look at Mol’s multi-level discovery

Yesterday’s announcement of the wildcat 25/8-19 S and the appraisal well 25/8-19 A reported a hydrocarbon discovery. But, not in the primary targets of Mol Norge and the PL 820 S, the prospects named Evra and Iving. Both prospects came…

Terje Solbakk

March 19, 2020

Is there a future for the E&P geo-community in Norway?

“It felt like a brutal theme for a keynote” Egil Tjåland recalls. He received an invitation from the program committee to give a talk related to “What is the future of the geo-community in Norway?” “Of course we are part…

Terje Solbakk

March 19, 2020

NCS: Oil and gas discovery in Mol Norge’s Evra/Iving well

The 25/8-19 S & A (Evra/Iving) wells proved oil and gas for operator Mol Norge and partners Lundin, Wintershall DEA and Pandion in PL 820 S. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the primary exploration targets disappointed. No injectite…

Terje Solbakk

March 18, 2020

Large volumes to be found offshore Greenland

The first delivery of the resource assessment project of the entire Greenlandic shelf in 2018 is now available to download for free for petroleum exploration companies. The Greenland Resource Assessment team: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), NUNAOIL and…

Terje Solbakk

March 16, 2020

NCS: Shallow Peon gas discovery to be evaluated for development

Equinor is testing the 35/2-1 (Peon) discovery from 2005 for field development, and has submitted an application to the Norwegian Environmental Agency for consent to drill a test well next to the reservoir. The primary target for the test well…

Terje Solbakk

March 16, 2020

UK onshore: Horse Hill field approved for production

UK Oil & Gas PLC announced that the Oil and Gas Authority has approved the Horse Hill Field Development Plan and consented to the start of long-term production (“Production”) from the field. The field is situated onshore, in licence PEDL137…

Terje Solbakk

March 13, 2020

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Posts by Terje Solbakk

Migris predicts discovery in Capricorn’s 35/8-7 S Duncan/Terako

Neptune makes a small oil discovery onshore Germany

Bold test on a shady (?) prospect

Past, present and future use of geophysics at the NCS

Aker BP slashes Barents Sea exploration in 2020

OKEA and DNO cut exploration activities

A closer look at Mol’s multi-level discovery

Is there a future for the E&P geo-community in Norway?

NCS: Oil and gas discovery in Mol Norge’s Evra/Iving well

Large volumes to be found offshore Greenland

NCS: Shallow Peon gas discovery to be evaluated for development

UK onshore: Horse Hill field approved for production

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