Pressure is mounting on Groningen
Europe is in a dire need of additional gas supplies following the commitment from most countries to cut down on import from Russian gas. This has become even more acute…
Development and Production
Lundin to submit PDO for Rolvsnes fractured basement field
Although the ultimate recoverable volumes from the Rolvsnes fractured basement field are probably less than the initial numbers Lundin presented at the start of the Extended Well Test that commenced in…
The week of the gas go-aheads
In the UK, the Jackdaw development (120-250 MMboe) was given the nod, whilst the German and Dutch authorities expressed the intention to approve the N05-A project (31 MMboe). Both projects…
Small gas fields to be developed for Europe
Back in the early 2000’s, when I had just embarked on my working life, I remember that someone told me that fields the size of 1 Bcm were now being…
The faster the better
The North Sea Brent province is – or better, was – awash with oil, but gas has always been a critical fuel too because of its use to power the…
Jackdaw field development close to being approved
In an article published in the Sunday Times yesterday, it is claimed that the 120-250 MMboe Jackdaw gas/condensate discovery is now close to be approved for development. This follows on…
The leaky North Sea plumbing system
A common theme emerging during the Devex Conference this week is how reservoirs are more connected than many have initially thought. And this does not always have a natural cause.…
Abigail – developed through side-tracking an appraisal well
Why drill an entirely new development well when there is an appraisal well already, which can be side-tracked to hit the desired reservoir section? This is the strategy adopted by…
Kraken – overcoming offshore heavy oil field challenges
Heavy oil developments are not straightforward. “This also applies to the Kraken development in Quad 9 of the UK Northern North Sea,” as reservoir engineer Jan Manoharan from Enquest says.…
How the underburden determines what happens in the overburden
Is it a surprise that the G4 gas leak incident in 2012 happened in a well on the Elgin field and not the nearby Franklin/West Franklin fields? Elgin, Franklin and…
Germany in favour of cross-border gas development
“We can’t afford demanding a continuous supply of gas from the Netherlands, whilst at the same time refusing to produce it ourselves,” said the economy secretary Bernd Althusmann in a…
Harbour kicks off development drilling at Laverda
When looking at a map that shows the surface location of the 28/09a-C9 well that was spudded by Harbour Energy this month, it looks like it is drilling a prospect…