Should Groningen be kept open?
“The Netherlands will go ahead with plans to end gas production at the large Groningen field next year,” Reuters reported on the 24th of September. Similarly, as written by S&P Global…
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UK & Norway – stark contrast in Brent province drilling activity
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…
Jackdaw – a critical longevity bridge
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
“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…
Investing in oil and gas key for future of UKCS
With the current level of proven and probable reserves (4.4 billion boe), UK production only lasts until 2030 on the basis of demand projections. That may be the most impactful…
An oil appraisal campaign at the first Dutch offshore gas discovery
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,…
Working Petroleum Systems Offshore Montenegro
Evidence for working petroleum systems offshore Montenegro as new geochemical information reveals the presence of an oil-prone Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous source rock on The Dalmatian platform. The Dalmatian platform offshore…
It’s not Maria’s fault
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
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…
UK most susceptible to gas crunch
As Bloomberg Energy expert Javier Blas showed on Twitter last week, both the UK and Dutch gas benchmarks closed at all-time highs. Combined with the fact that due to the…
Another Utsira High discovery seeing first oil soon
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
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…