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Barents Sea undiscovered resource estimates are misleading

February 18, 2022

In its summary of the Resource Accounts for the Norwegian Continental Shelf 2021 (published on 17 February), the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate states that the estimate for liquid and gas resources…

Approved development plan for Kobra East & Gekko

Press Release

February 11, 2022

Operator Aker BP and licence partners ConocoPhillips Skandinavia and Lundin Energy Norway submitted the PDO to the Ministry in June last year. The KEG development will contribute to extend the…

Firing up the development of six UKCS fields? A reality check

Henk Kombrink

February 9, 2022

Over the past year, the UK government has not been particularly decisive when it comes to approving field developments. Jackdaw is the best example of this, with Shell’s preferred exit…

Barents Sea “Nondiscussed” Area

Nils Ræstad, Sagex

February 6, 2022

The disputed area between Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea, equalling the Norwegian North Sea in size, has a different petroleum system than the proven oil and gas provinces…

Maureen recovery factor in Mariner much lower than initially foreseen

Henk Kombrink

February 4, 2022

“The Mariner reservoirs have up to 3 billion barrels of oil in place, a 50% increase on what was originally assumed, and the estimated recovery rate has already been increased…

The field that is situated above the first water-bottom multiple

Henk Kombrink

February 2, 2022

Situated only 250 m below the seabed, few people believed that the very shallow Wisting prospect could hold up to 500 MMboe recoverable. Until OMV drilled 7324/8-1 in 2013, which…

Some more room for Ternaard?

Henk Kombrink

February 1, 2022

Numerous reports have been written on the effects of gas or salt production on subsidence in one of the Netherlands’ most precious nature reserves – the Wadden Sea. Due to…

The sedimentary record of a drowning basement high

Henk Kombrink

January 26, 2022

It is probably the most important reservoir in the Norwegian offshore sector, but it is difficult to map using seismic data because of its limited thickness of 5 to 40…

The oil field that was discovered by drilling a geothermal well

Henk Kombrink

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.…

Glengorm may still be viable as a tie-back option

Henk Kombrink

January 17, 2022

When the results of the Glengorm discovery well (22/21c-13) came in early 2019, partner Total announced that the accumulation could hold 250 MMboe recoverable. Following the completion of two appraisal…

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…

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Oil & Gas

Barents Sea undiscovered resource estimates are misleading

Approved development plan for Kobra East & Gekko

Firing up the development of six UKCS fields? A reality check

Barents Sea “Nondiscussed” Area

Maureen recovery factor in Mariner much lower than initially foreseen

The field that is situated above the first water-bottom multiple

Some more room for Ternaard?

The sedimentary record of a drowning basement high

The oil field that was discovered by drilling a geothermal well

Glengorm may still be viable as a tie-back option

Significant downward revision of Mariner reserves

Big drop in development drilling across UKCS

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