The search for Paleocene oil
An interesting “trend” is unfolding in the Norwegian Southern North Sea, where DNO and partner Aker BP (15%) spudded well 2/5-15 last week. In contrast to the main target of…
Exploration
Ithaca Energy drills second UKCS exploration well of 2021
Originally planned to be drilled last year, well 22/01b-12, operated by Ithaca Energy and partnered by Spirit (40%), must probably be seen as an example of a Covid-related deferral. Spudded…
Near-field exploration prevails
The last attempt to find oil and gas in a frontier area of the NCS conspicuously failed. The Aker BP well Stangnestind (Barents Sea southeast) only discovered non-commercial volumes of…
The Triassic disappoints in Iving
In what was supposed to be the biggest contributor to the overall volumes found in the Iving discovery in 2019, two appraisal wells now suggest that the Triassic reservoir may…
NPD releases first batch of relinquishment reports
“The Norwegian shelf is becoming increasingly mature, and many areas have been explored multiple times throughout the years. In order to increase the petroleum geological understanding of the shelf, as…
No luck (again) for the Barents Sea, but what does it mean for Russia?
When someone recently asked me about the most interesting well currently being drilled in NW Europe, I replied that it was either Stovegolvet (31/11-1S) or Stangnestind, or both! With the…
A drilling result that raises lots of questions
As we already reported a little while ago, the Ommadawn prospect targeted by OMV and partners Petoro (20%) and Neptune (20%) in PL970 was an interesting well to follow in…
Gulf of Mexico: The Wind of Change
The Biden–Harris administration is continuing its comprehensive review of the offshore and onshore oil and gas leasing programmes in the Gulf of Mexico, with more environmental, social and governance (ESG)…
A Long Route to Lake Kivu
A multi-decade marathon to develop a unique African resource. In Johannesburg in 1998, a Rwandan government delegation came looking for assistance to develop an energy supply for their country. They…
Productive Petroleum Basins of Morocco
Do the low volumes of hydrocarbons discovered – and produced – in Morocco suggest that its petroleum basins are simply underexplored or is it underperformance? There are three productive basins…
Vedanta Step-Out to Success in the Cambay Basin with Jaya
Vedanta (aka Cairn Oil & Gas) has reported a gas and condensate discovery at Jaya-1, onshore north-west India. Map showing the location of the Jaya-1 well, onshore India.Vedanta (aka Cairn Oil &…
UK Onshore Palaeozoic
This article, from the second of our joint GEO ExPro student competition winners, focuses on overlooked onshore UK oil and gas prospectivity. A Rich History In 1851, wide seams of…