Around 250 MMboe (gas) yet to be found in the Dutch sector
The Dutch Continental Shelf is a mature part of the North Sea, experiencing a trend of rapidly declining production from a large number of small fields. Recently, exploration drilling has…
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Decision to develop the Hasselmus gas discovery
As announced by OKEA ASA and partners Petoro AS and Neptune Energy Norge AS, the Hasselmus project is expected to recover approximately 1.65 GSm3 (10.6 million barrels of oil equivalents)…
Oil under pressure
“When I started this job almost ten years ago, I joined a group of established, confident and eloquent men dressed in suits and ties who peacefully oversaw how a group…
Columbus field development not going to plan
Completing a long horizontal producer (5,900 ft) on the Columbus field with sand screens has turned out to be more difficult than foreseen, leading the operator Serica Energy to drill…
It is too early to give up on Lancaster
The operator of the Lancaster field, Hurricane Energy, is in stormy weather. Early last week, a major shareholder (Crystal Amber) demanded five of the current directors to step down and…
Two challenging Rotliegend discoveries on development radar in the Netherlands
Last month, UK-based company Kistos announced the acquisition of Tulip Oil Netherlands. The deal included the operating interest in the Q10-A offshore gas field and interests in other fields in…
The price of imported oil and gas
In a recent article published in GeoExpro it is stated that in 2019, a total of 150 billion cubic metres (BCM) of gas was flared on a global basis. That…
North Sea methane seepage; how important is leakage from abandoned wells?
In 2017, ONE-Dyas announced a sizeable gas discovery in Dutch waters. It just so happened that around the same time, two publications (1,2) from German research institute Geomar highlighted that…
The size of small fields tends to be overestimated
Based on an analysis of 40 fields that started production since 2010, Anders Wittemann from Wittemann E&P Consulting (WEPC) concludes that it is predominantly smaller fields that appear on the list…
Exploration results could be driver behind SNS development deal
In 2019, when Spirit Energy expressed an interest to develop the Pegasus West discovery as a tie-back to the Neptune-operated nearby Cygnus field, Neptune blocked the concept as it claimed…
Dutch gas powered by German wind
Last week, ONE-Dyas submitted a detailed outline of the N05-A development plan to the authorities. Primarily situated in the Dutch offshore, the accumulation straddles the Dutch-German median line and is…
The development well that became an exploration well
In a press release issued by Equinor yesterday, the company states that it has found additional volumes worth 19 – 26 million barrels of oil equivalent in the Tyrihans field…