Digitalisation key to ensure continued production from mature fields
“70% of global oil production is taking place from mature fields,” said Babak Moradi from Three60Energy at the start of his talk on Day 2 of the annual DigEx conference…
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DIGEX Day 1 – from “Never” to “Next year”
“Once the project is finished, we go on holiday and you can think of ways to integrate the data into your exploration workflows.” This is what Malgorzata Kusak said to…
Misleading presentation of TOC data
Paul Farrimond admits that data on Total Organic Carbon (TOC) from source tocks as a function of burial depth is hard to find. I therefore appreciate that he publishes TOC…
The spectacular overburden of the Cambo field
A 546 km2 3D seismic reflection survey was acquired in 2012 to better map the Cambo discovery and plan subsequent drilling. With the news this week that Shell and Siccar…
Is North Sea earthquake linked to the Marflo lineament?
It is not a surprise to see that the earthquake that hit the Northern North Sea earlier this week generated a significant amount of attention. Especially in Norway people felt…
North Sea earthquake possibly linked to major fault in Marulk Basin
It was a while ago since the last big earthquake in the North Sea. Before the 5.2 magnitude event struck yesterday, the most recent equivalents took place in 1988 (M5.5)…
Where are the geoscience jobs?
The reports from the UN Climate Panel clearly state that consumption of fossil fuels and the CO2 emissions it entails are creating serious and global climate change. The world must…
NCS Exploration – new dates, new venue
The NCS Exploration conference will this year be held at Scandic Oslo Airport. New dates are June 8. – 9. 2022.
Cuttings, cores and wine
Join Stratum Reservoir’s Rock n’ roll Ice breaker event at their office and storage facilities in Stavanger April 5th.
Pandion Energy acquires ONE-Dyas Norway
The Nova field is expected to start production in the second half of 2022. The field is located in the northern part of the North Sea, and the development solution…
Who could be interested in buying Shell’s gas assets in the UK North Sea?
Last month, Reuters published an exclusive in which it reported that Shell intends to sell some key UK Southern North Sea gas assets. The assets are the Clipper hub as…
At the centre of Dutch E&P intelligence for more than 30 years
Starting of as a copper and hydrocarbon geologist in various places across the globe, he finished with a 31-years spell in oil and gas intelligence for the Dutch E&P sector.…