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…
Oil & Gas
Gas Renaissance in Europe
The drive for gas development gathers momentum, as increased energy prices spur on investment; conflict and political instability encourage domestic supply priorities; and post-pandemic macro-economic demands counter global warming hysteria…
Exploring Uncertainty in Subsurface Modelling and Forecasting
Ensemble-based modelling has been delivering value to the E&P industry for over ten years, causing a fundamental re-think of what exactly is needed to more accurately forecast the future behaviour…
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.…
Poland’s long-term gas strategy pays off
Russia may have cut gas supplies to Poland last week, but the country started a diversification process years ago. These decisions are about to pay off. For Poland, but not…
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…
Evaluating Fluid Drainage Dynamics in Resource Plays
In this article we discuss how fluid chemistry can be deployed to directly confirm or refine the assumptions made when optimising developments in hydrocarbon production from resource plays. Hydrocarbon production…
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…