Exploration

New Thermal Area Discovered in Yellowstone National Park

Using Landsat-8 thermal infrared images, geoscientists at the Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory recently identified the emergence of an entirely new thermal area in the National Park. Image by David Mark from…

The smoking gun

Raise your hand if you want to find the next Skrugard, Alta, Gotha or Goliat field in the Barents Sea! Or – even better – join the crowd and take…

NW Europe in Top Ten

Some 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) were discovered world-wide in the first quarter of 2019, according to Rystad Energy.   This compares with 9.1 billion boe discovered in total last…

NCS: Another Cretaceous Gas Discovery

Arild Kjeldstad of Wintershall showed the results of the Balderbrå well 6604/5-1, a deepwater gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea to the audience at NPF’s Exploration Revived Conference in Sola.…

Two dry holes near Hod field

The NPD announced that operator Aker BP has concluded drilling appraisal well 2/11-12S and wildcat 2/11-12A in PL 033. The wells were drilled 1,5km southwest of the Hod field in…