The competitive world of coring
Until wireline logging came into swing, cutting core was the most important way to obtain reliable information about the targeted formation. With the advance of wireline logging though, the need…
Technology
“In this case, we’d rather find the smallest prospect”
In the continued discussion around the poor state of exploration drilling in the UK versus all those wells that are being drilled in Norwegian waters, it is so easy to…
“In 10 years, nobody would risk installing a subsea well without fibre optic sensing”
It is corrosion resistant, has a long lifetime, no electronics are required downhole, and the “cable” is only a quarter of a millimeter thick. Fibre optic sensing technology has a…
Deciphering the wealth of data that come from fibre optic sensing
It is corrosion resistant, has a long lifetime, no electronics are required downhole, and the “cable” is only a quarter of a millimeter thick. Fibre optic sensing technology has a…
A dissolvable tool
Andrew Garioch from Well-SENSE talks us through the use of fibre-optic technology for well intervention work
When will the first prospect be drilled that was identified and de-risked through the use of AI?
There is a buzz around artificial intelligence (AI). With routine tasks being increasingly taken over by machines, to the point that they are better trained than the human eye, when…
Shaking up the Earth: The AI revolution in seismic interpretation
AI’s transformative role in seismic interpretation is not merely illuminating the subsurface; it’s fast-tracking one of the energy industry’s most business-critical phases. The interpretation of seismic data requires a comprehensive…
Advanced digital solutions help upstream oil & gas companies increase productivity and profitability
Today’s energy industry faces the unprecedented challenge of balancing energy security, affordability and environmental sustainability. As hydrocarbons are expected to remain major components of global energy demand for the foreseeable…
Why do cables get stuck during open-hole wireline logging operations?
In his book “Oil Notes”, geologist Rick Bass describes the importance of logging operations. Only after completing a log run, the well can be properly classed as a success or…
Shifts in the seismic acquisition space
“In the past, we as a provider of OBN and streamer technology would mostly liaise with seismic acquisition companies; our exposure to oil companies was very limited,” says Gaetan Mellier,…
Your digital search assistant
The tool allows you to talk to a digital assistant about a selection of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s publicly available status reports, well histories and news articles. You can ask…
Progress on the UKCS online National Data Repository
The need for good quality data is self-evident – oil and gas exploration continue, at least for the moment, wind farms must be securely, and economically sited, potential carbon and…