The Columbus development
With four wells already drilled on Columbus, Serica Energy has now embarked on drilling one horizontal producer.
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Exploration: The Tide Turns
Global wildcatting is poised to go from ebb to flood, with exploration hotspots set to include Mexico, Brazil, US Gulf of Mexico, the Middle East, Angola, Gabon, Namibia, Suriname, the…
Equinor and partners decide to extend life of Åsgard field
Located in the Norwegian Sea, the field that already produced more than 400 MMboe is able to produce yet another 400 MMboe in the years to come.
From Super Basin to Super Store
The North Sea is gradually evolving from a petroleum basin to a broad energy hub.
Deformation Bands – Bad news for your reservoir?
Structural Geologist Steve Ogilvie explains the origin and characteristics of a frequently observed structural phenomenon.
Maintaining production: the challenge for Central North Sea Triassic fields
Triassic fields in the ETAP cluster and J-block of the Central North Sea produce well initially but don’t deliver in the long run.
Oil flows at Wressle development, onshore UK
Operations to recomplete the well and reperforate the Ashover Grit reservoir interval have been completed successfully.
How Seagull flies
Whilst development drilling on Seagull has started, we take a look at the geology and appraisal history.
Significant uplift in Buchan oil field contingent resource estimates
Jersey Oil & Gas, an independent upstream oil and gas company focused on the UKCS, has announced a significant increase in 2C contingent resource estimate for the Buchan oil field,…
Decline of gas production in the Netherlands much larger than increase in renewable energy
The energy transition is not a choice, it is a must, provided that countries such as the Netherlands want to keep a certain amount of autonomy over energy supply. In…
Tormore – a gas field with an oil rim or an oil field with a gas cap?
Whilst operator Total interprets Tormore to be a gas field, data suggest that it should be regarded as an oil field, which means that current production of gas is against…