Subsurface Storage

Offshore Algarve Basin geological carbon storage potential

In the Algarve Basin, two late Mi­ocene plays have been identified southeast of the Faro Peninsula using high-quality seismic and bore­hole data (Figure 1). These comprise of high-porosity turbiditic sands…

“In one year, we lost two years”

“Last year was not a very good one,” Habib admits when we meet on Teams. “Everybody expected that 2025 would be a turning point in the market, with many pro­jects…

Silver out, air in

Just as Aberdeen in Scotland – where this article was written – is sometimes referred to as the “Silver City”, the village of Bro­ken Hill in southeastern Australia is described…

Progress over perfection

The Norwegian continental shelf offers a wealth of opportunities for new industries alongside and after oil, and car­bon capture and storage (CCS) has gained a solid foothold. Northern Lights has…

Being smart with data

On the fringe of the EAGE GET Confer­ence in Rotterdam, I meet with May Zhang, who is representing Carbon Guardi­an in the start-up zone. We previous­ly met at the Annual…

How a sandbox model caused an epiphany

“I think I watched it about 50 times,” Sean tells me when we meet online on a rainy morning. He refers to a video published by the FluidFlower research team…

An under-communicated factor for CCS

Ola Eiken. Photography: Ola Eiken private archive. “We did not want the same unexpected situation like we had at Ekofisk,” recalls Ola Eiken, CEO of Quad Geometrics. He refers to…