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Jackdaw – a critical longevity bridge

October 7, 2021

As reported by Energy Voice yesterday, disappointment prevails at Shell after the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) declined to sanction the Environmental Statement for the development of…

From discovery to first oil in five years

Henk Kombrink

September 30, 2021

“Being able to look around the well bore in a radius of 30 m enabled us to drill all four Duva production wells to the highest standards, maximising the length…

An oil appraisal campaign at the first Dutch offshore gas discovery

Henk Kombrink

September 21, 2021

The Q10-A field is a particular accumulation in multiple ways. Firstly, it is the first gas find in Dutch waters, with discovery well Q10-2 drilled in 1962 by NAM. Secondly,…

It’s not Maria’s fault

Henk Kombrink

September 15, 2021

It’s not a secret that the Wintershall Dea operated Maria field in the Norwegian Sea has underperformed. During a presentation at the Exploration Revived Conference yesterday, Vedad Hadziavdic – project…

Lancaster reaches 10 MMbo production milestone

Henk Kombrink

September 10, 2021

Whilst Hurricane Energy’s share price is still very much depressed following the reserves and resources write-off earlier this year – north of 40 GBX in 2019-2020 versus around 2 GBX…

Another Utsira High discovery seeing first oil soon

Henk Kombrink

September 3, 2021

In times when potential field developments are being heavily discussed in the light of climate concerns (Cambo field, UK), environmental issues (Ternaard, Netherlands) or are even abandoned by oil companies…

Ternaard – one of the last “onshore” discoveries that may be developed

Henk Kombrink

September 1, 2021

The Dutch government is considering to approve NAM’s request to produce gas from the Ternaard gas field, which is situated below one of the most important nature reserves in the…

The cornerstone of Norway’s gas production will continue to deliver

Press Release

August 31, 2021

On Friday last week, production started from the Troll phase 3 project in the North Sea. The new wells are tied in to the Troll A platform and Troll phase…

First oil from Norwegian basement reservoir

Henk Kombrink

August 12, 2021

With an oil column of around 50 m in weathered and fractured granitic basement, the Rolvsnes production test Lundin Energy now embarked on through the horizontal section drilled in well…

The Lower Cretaceous is in business

Henk Kombrink

August 2, 2021

“Duva is the first discovery to be developed in the Agat Formation, and we’re hoping for additional discoveries and developments in the same formation,” said Kalmar Ilstad – Director of…

Martin Linge on stream

Press Release

July 1, 2021

“This is a big day for everyone working on the Martin Linge project, for Equinor and for our partner Petoro. I would like to thank everyone who has worked hard…

Has Tordis become bigger?

Henk Kombrink

June 30, 2021

In the past few months, a polygon has been added to the Tordis field cluster (transparent green polygon in map below), which is bigger than the four already existing ones.…

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