Skogul approved for start-up
The Skogul field with the surrounding area. Map: norskpetroleum.no. The 13th smallest field in volume on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), the Aker BP-operated Skogul field in the mid-North Sea,…
Posts by Terje Solbakk
Reprocessed broadband MC3D from the Barents Sea
Geoprovider sent geoexpro.com a press release with images of its first multi-client reprocessed 3D seismic dataset in the Western Barents Sea. Overview of area. Map: Geoprovider. The reprocessed broadband data…
Resources of the NCS are growing
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has announced its yearly Resource account. According to their estimates of proven and unproven resources, the NCS held a total of 98,75 billion boe at…
Sillimanite field in production
In a press release of today, Wintershall DEA and Gazprom announce that their joint venture, Wintershall Noordzee B.V, has started gas production from the Sillimanite field discovered in 2015 with…
What’s your favourite wildcat?
Once again, the time has come to nominate the most courageous and innovative prospect drilled on the NCS the last two years, the Exploration Innovation Prize (EIP). The winner will…
Dutch exploration well proved non-commercial gas
The TAQA-operated P15-20 exploration well on the Dutch Continental Shelf (NLCS) last autumn was completed just before Christmas, TAQA confirmed in an e-mail to expronews. The wildcat was drilled from…
Aker BP’s exploration plans for 2020
In 2019, Aker BP participated in 16 exploration wells, increasing the Aker BP resource portfolio by 170 MMboe, with a cost of 0,6 $ per boe discovered. In 2020, Aker…
Hasselbaink wildcat dry
The wildcat 25/7-9 S targeting the Hasselbaink prospect turned out dry, according to a press release from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The objective of the well was to prove petroleum…
What ever happened to the 8th licensing round?
On 21st June 2018, the Energy, Utilities and Climate Committee of the Danish Parliament announced the 8th Licensing Round for oil and gas exploration and production on the Danish Continental…
A recent wildcat confirmed an active petroleum system south of Lofoten
The recent wildcat 6611/11-1 (Toutatis) prospect proved non-commercial amounts of oil next to the Nordland V and VI area. It seems to have passed people’s minds that this was a…
Success with fractured basement rocks
Following the Lancaster discovery of 500 MMboe put into production in May 2019, Hurricane yesterday announced in an Operational update (pdf) that operations are going well from the Aoka Mizu…
Faroese shelf open for Out-of-round bids
The Geological Survey of the Faroe Islands, Jardfeingi, quietly opened up for Out-of-round bids, after a lack of interest from the oil and gas exploration companies following the 5th licensing…