TNO and BGS dives into the Paleozoic of the North Sea
In a recent initiative, the geological surveys of Netherland (TNO) and UK (BGS) has dived into the Pre-Permian plays of the southern and central North Sea, also including the Norwegian,…
Exploration
PGS gears up for APA work fully financed
In a press release issued last Thursday, PGS announced that they are ready to Offer GeoStreamer X Data in the recently awarded APA 2019 Award Areas. Gunhild Myhr, VP New…
Finding oil the easy way
While their exploration staff may be small, M Vest Energy is taking advantage of the opportunities the digitalization of the E&P industry provides. – We are letting the machines do…
Petroleum Geology: Using Super Basins as Analogues
What can we learn from the world’s best petroleum basins – and what can we bring from them to the areas we explore? The foundations underlying the business of finding…
Migris predicts hydrocarbons in Equinor wildcat
Migris use a stochastic petroleum systems modeling (link) approach, and here is their first prediction from the Norwegian part of the North Sea: The on-going Equinor-operated exploration well 15/3-12 S…
A courageous experiment
There was a total of 17 discoveries made from 57 exploration wells drilled on NCS in 2019, with the mature North Sea yielding 10 finds, according to NPD (The Shelf…
Reinvesting in hubs
Polish LOTOS wants to create value on the Norwegian continental shelf through its hub strategy.
Firm wells to watch
Expronews dig into the work program at APA 2019 and look closer at the wells the new production licenses are commited to drill.
Offers given in APA 2019
[UPDATED with comments from the Seismic industry] The new petroleum and energy minister of Norway, Sylvi Listhaug, announced today the results of the evaluation of the applications from 33 companies…
Enniberg – Small discovery near the Balder field (NCS)
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate published a press release today on a small discovery, the 25/7-8 S ‘Enniberg,’ made by operator ConocoPhillips Scandinavia AS (PL 917) near the Balder field in…
Another good year on the NCS, according to the NPD
The NPD reports of high activity on the shelf last year. There are considerable resources in fields and discoveries, and more to be discovered in all three sea areas. A…
Duster next to Balderbrå discovery
The 6604/6-1 exploration well on the Gullstjerne prospect, drilled by Wintershall DEA NORGE AS in license PL 894 in the Norwegian Sea, turned out to be dry, the Norwegian Petroleum…