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The oil field that was discovered by drilling a geothermal well

January 21, 2022

Germany’s domestic oil production is limited and has been declining for many years. In 2019, almost 38,000 BO/d was produced domestically, where the country consumes more than 2 million BO/d.…

Significant downward revision of Mariner reserves

Henk Kombrink

January 12, 2022

Equinor doesn’t seem to have much luck on the UK Continental Shelf. A series of dry holes in pursuit of a Johan Sverdrup equivalent – of which the Tiger Lilly…

Big drop in development drilling across UKCS

Henk Kombrink

January 11, 2022

The number of exploration wells drilled in a basin can be used as an indicator to predict short to mid-term levels of confidence, but the number of development wells also…

Output from Groningen may be almost twice as high as expected this year

Henk Kombrink

January 7, 2022

In September last year, the Dutch government expected output from the giant Groningen field to be 3.9 Bcm in the current gas year. However, this week the minister announced an…

Understanding fault facies improves reservoir modeling

Halfdan Carstens

January 6, 2022

By introducing the concept of fault facies, a new research project aims to arrive at a more realistic way of representing faults and fault properties in the subsurface. The result…

Breakthrough for repeated seismic

Halfdan Carstens

January 6, 2022

The installation of a permanent seismic array in the Norwegian Valhall field enables the operator to run frequent 4D re-shoots, and the amount of oil to be recovered may increase…

Fault modeling: New techniques improve reservoir description while reducing risk

Drew Wharton, Schlumberger Information Solutions, Houston, Texas, USA

January 6, 2022

Errors in fault interpretation can have significant negative impact on reservoir models, facility plans, and field economics. By using integrated software applications and workflows that cross disciplines, asset teams can…

How much of a growth area is the West of Shetland?

Henk Kombrink

December 17, 2021

According to the Oil and Gas Authority, the West of Shetland is the area where the largest volumes of prospective resources are yet to found on the UKCS: 4.7 billion…

Identifying thin sand injectites to prevent drilling issues

Henk Kombrink

December 7, 2021

Is it possible to get a better understanding of the presence of small-scale injected sands even when they are below seismic resolution individually? That’s what Alma Dzozlic Bradaric from the…

It’s a “No No” for Cambo

Henk Kombrink

November 17, 2021

Even though the ultimate decision to go ahead with the West of Shetland discovery resides with the government in London, it is still quite a thing to hear this from…

Neptune Energy begins final well campaign on Fenja

Press Release

October 26, 2021

Operated by Neptune Energy (30%) and partnered by Vår Energi, (45%), Suncor Energy (17.5%) and DNO (7.5%), the Fenja development consists of two subsea templates tied back to the Njord…

UK & Norway – stark contrast in Brent province drilling activity

Henk Kombrink

October 8, 2021

With Equinor this week awarding a multi-well contract to COSL Drilling Europe to have four additional wells drilled on Statfjord Ost from 2023 onwards, in addition to an option for…

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