Sub-volcanic play in the Central North Sea?
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have revisited the seismic data and wells in the area of the Rattray Volcanics in the central North Sea and concluded there is the…
Exploration
Is there a future for UK shale gas?
INEOS announced the successful results of recent tests in the Bowland shale at Tinker Lane, Nottinghamshire. Together with partner iGas, INEOS found very high concentrations of gas, comparable (and in…
Poor reservoir in Brasse Appraisal
The results of the Brasse East exploration well and Brasse Appraisal side-track were announced already in January by operator Faroe Petroleum (Read “No oil in Brasse East”). In summary the…
Dry well for Wintershall
Well 6706/6-2S drilled by Wintershall in PL 847 is the most northern well in the Hel graben in the Norwegian Sea, very close to Hvitveis, a minor discovery and 60km…
Non-commercial oil in Bergand
Well 35/11-22S on the Bergand prospect was drilled in PL 248C west of the Fram field. The well did not find oil in the Middle to Lower Jurassic targets in…
No reservoir, no biogenic gas
Wellesley Petroleum was chasing biogenic gas in Songesand in PL 931 in the northern North Sea together with partner DNO. The target of well 35/4-2 was to prove gas in…
5 UK wells for Equinor
Equinor started a 2019 exploration well campaign on the UKCS. The first well is currently being drilled on the Bigfoot prospect, located south of the Mariner field in licence P2314.…
High impact discovery renews interest in HPHT play
One of the four high impact discoveries is the Glengorm discovery in the UK North Sea by CNOOC (“Discovery in UK North Sea”), which is potentially the biggest since Culzean…
Revival of the injectite play
Several fields in the Norwegian and British part of the North Sea are producing from sand injectite reservoirs. Availability of broadband seismic data and successful production from earlier developments has…
First well on Gjøkåsen is dry
Equinor has completed the drilling of well 7132/2-1 Gjøkåsen Shallow in PL 857 in the southeastern part of the Barents Sea. The well is dry. The target was to prove…
EM anomaly: a “pointer” for hydrocarbons
Lundin is drilling well 7121/1-2S on the Pointer/Setter prospect in the Barents Sea (read also “Lundin tests Lower Cretaceous in Hammerfest Basin”). The target of the well is a stratigraphic…
Colter well has spudded
Corallian has started operations of the Colter exploration well 98/11a-5 on the 6th of February. The Colter prospect in P1918 is located 10km off the coast of Dorset, UK immediately…