High risk – High reward
With well 7132/2-1, Equinor (40%), together with partners Lundin, Aker BP and Petoro (each 20% working interest) is targeting the high-risk high-reward Gjøkåsen prospect. Gjøkasen (PL857) is located in the…
Exploration
Recovery is underway
Neivan Boroujerdi, Senior analyst in the North Sea Upstream Research team in WoodMackenzie, shared his insights on Norwegian exploration in a global context with the audience on the 2nd Exploration…
10 MMboe extra for Goliat
The results for well 7122/7-7S have been announced by the NPD and Vår Energi. The well was drilled in the Goliat license PL229 in the Barents Sea with Vår Energi…
#DigEx only four weeks away
The program is almost complete – and it is shaping up to be two immensely interesting days for the subsurface community. The conference is about how “new” digital technologies are enabling the…
No oil in Brasse East
In a press release Faroe Petroleum announces the results of the Brasse East exploration well 31/7-3 S and Brasse appraisal sidetrack 31/7-3 A in the northern North Sea. Partners in…
Rowallan well spud
Serica Energy has announced the spud of well 22/19c-G. Partners in the license are Eni UK Limited (Operator, 40%), JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Limited (25%), Mitsui (20%) and…
Cassidy was dry
Faroe Petroleum, partner in PL405 has announced in a press release the results of exploration well 8/10-7S in the Oda license. The well encountered 13 metres of water bearing Jurassic…
No reservoir, no oil
Both targets in 6307/1-1 S in the Froan Basin were water-bearing. Before drilling, Lundin claimed a discovery may contain 193MMboe in untested Permian carbonate and Jurassic sandstone plays. Lundin has…
From shows to commercial discovery
The regional line shown below transects the Ryggsteinen Ridge on the Horda Platform in the prolific northern North Sea oil and gas province. While the line connects the Troll, Fram…
Surface Geochemical Campaigns
Reducing costs and risks of deepwater hydrocarbon exploration: the benefits and technology of seep hunting and surface geochemical campaigns. A seep hunting and geochemical campaign can provide economic and cost-saving…
Data release for Buchan License Round
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) wants to revitalise exploration of oil and gas in the UK Continental Shelf by making more data publicly available. Today the OGA releases the…
Hydrocarbon Potential of The Jameson Land Basin
The Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland is one of the last remaining undrilled Atlantic Margin basins and a potentially world class hydrocarbon basin. The Jameson Land Basin: A Potentially World…