UKCS: Successful drilling campaigns over Chiswick and Chestnut
Earlier this month, the first gas from the new C6 well at Spirit Energy’s Chiswick field in the Southern North Sea was achieved. This has added up to an additional…
Oil & Gas
The final oil crisis?
Former oil company director Maria Moræus Hansen outlines two possible scenarios for the oil industry’s near future.
Large volumes to be found offshore Greenland
The first delivery of the resource assessment project of the entire Greenlandic shelf in 2018 is now available to download for free for petroleum exploration companies. The Greenland Resource Assessment…
A Brief Overview of Gas E&P Activity in the Eastern Mediterranean
This ‘Hot Spot’ feature gives a brief overview of the exploration and production activity of gas in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Eastern Mediterranean theatre has become a pressure point for…
NCS: Shallow Peon gas discovery to be evaluated for development
Equinor is testing the 35/2-1 (Peon) discovery from 2005 for field development, and has submitted an application to the Norwegian Environmental Agency for consent to drill a test well next…
UK onshore: Horse Hill field approved for production
UK Oil & Gas PLC announced that the Oil and Gas Authority has approved the Horse Hill Field Development Plan and consented to the start of long-term production (“Production”) from…
Oil production to increase in 2020
– Western Europe’s oil supply, with Norway and the United Kingdom as key contributors, is set for a renaissance this year and a growing trajectory going forward, according to Rystad…
Skogul approved for start-up
The Skogul field with the surrounding area. Map: norskpetroleum.no. The 13th smallest field in volume on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), the Aker BP-operated Skogul field in the mid-North Sea,…
Resources of the NCS are growing
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has announced its yearly Resource account. According to their estimates of proven and unproven resources, the NCS held a total of 98,75 billion boe at…
Sillimanite field in production
In a press release of today, Wintershall DEA and Gazprom announce that their joint venture, Wintershall Noordzee B.V, has started gas production from the Sillimanite field discovered in 2015 with…
Dire forecast for Dutch gas production
In a new report released last week by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, the forecast for Dutch gas producers shows a deterioration towards 2030: Three possible scenarios for 2030…
First oil from BP’s Alligin field
The press release from BP states that the forecast was to produce 12 Mboe/day at peak. So far, they have exceeded this, reaching 15 Mboe/day at peak since the start-up…