An analogue for carbon storage reservoirs
The German Eifel hosts some great outcrops of the Lower Triassic ‘Buntsandstein’, such as this one featured here near the village of Bitburg. These sandstones were deposited in an arid Read More
The love of reducing complexity
Displayed in a corridor near the reception at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate in Stavanger is a five meter long glass print of a Late Devonian core from the Embla field. Read More
Using GR and dipmeter, it is possible to differentiate between proximal and distal settings (parallel to flow) in deep-water environments?
Deep-water depositional environments add another level of complexity compared to many other environments”, says expert Bryan Cronin when I visit him in his sea-front cottage in Aberdeen. Bryan has been Read More
How to attract the majors?
When it comes to finding new oil and gas fields, there’s not much that can beat the excitement of frontier exploration. Drilling wells in areas where no one has gone Read More
The slick anomalies that led to the drilling of Ephesus
The Ephesus prospect – or Cape Freels as it is called by OILCO – lies in the western part of the Orphan Basin. This basin finds its origin in the Read More
What a meeting at a conference can do
“As many people from my generation, I started my career with Saga Petroleum”, says Tore Karlsson. Having graduated as a geophysicist from the University of Bergen, at Saga he was Read More
Dropping nodes from a supply vessel
“While the node market has evolved in the sense that individual nodes have become smaller and therefore lighter to handle”, a completely new way of operating these devices has not Read More
10 can turn into 1000
Hydrothermal chimneys are a spectacular sight. They were first observed in the Pacific Ocean in 1979, and in Norway at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal fields on the Mohns ridge in Read More
The heartbeat of Europe
Norway remains the heartbeat activity in Northwest Europe, and is the gift that keeps on giving to use that well-known phrase. The country has had successful bid rounds, regular deal Read More
Sands and source rock delivered by the Tangier WAZ3D in the current Nova Scotia Licence Round
Evidence-based exploration on the slope of Nova Scotia In his definitive book on the form, Robert McKee writes that a “Story” tells how characters navigate the restoration of balance to Read More
Mature basins still favoured for exploration dollars
Old basins still attract new exploration investment, with great success in the case of the Tano Basin in the transform margin of West Africa. Spanning the eastern Cote D’Ivoire and Read More
Energy Geoscience Conference
The Energy Geoscience Conference – EGC – is a new conference series launched by the Geological Society and the GESGB under the strapline ‘powering the energy transition through subsurface collaboration’. Read More
Machine learning validation – An often understated requirement in geophysics
Deep learning is a subset of machine learning, which entails a neural network with three or more layers. It is thanks to deep learning that applications from fault picking to Read More
Is it possible to differentiate between meandering and braided river deposits using gamma-ray logs?
For most people working in subsurface teams, discussions related to the interpretation of depositional facies on the basis of well logs are part of the daily routine. The more geologists Read More
A potential depth record?
The website ThinkGeoenergy reported in February that preparations were ongoing for drilling a geothermal well in the south of Poland, with a potential terminal depth of 7 km. Reaching this Read More
Fans of Senegal…
Senegal is due to become an oil producing nation later this year when Woodside brings onstream the Sangomar field which should lift 100,000 bbls of oil per day to the Read More
Northern Viking Graben – Chasing the Upper Jurassic Play
Northern North Sea – dual-azimuth data brings new insights into the Upper Jurassic play Enhanced imaging is achieved in recently processed dual-azimuth 3D seismic data, a combination of legacy north-south Read More
ReconAfrica’s exploration program in one of the most underexplored basins
It is a rare opportunity in the twenty-first century to explore an untouched basin for hydrocarbons, but this is the position ReconAfrica finds itself in exploring the Kavango area, east Read More
A key member in Europe’s upstream network
“I’m so pleased to be able to organise in-person meetings again”, says Helena Dobrova. “Soon, we will host our 56th event in Poland.” Helena can easily be ranked as one Read More
Characterising CCUS sites: Legacy data – Powered by machine learning
The US GoM and beyond A clear candidate for CCUS is the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Exploration has been ongoing in the region since the late 1930’s meaning Read More
Well logs and facies interpretation – Who gets it right?
For most people working in subsurface teams, discussions related to the interpretation of depositional facies on the basis of well logs are part of the daily routine. The more geologists Read More
Producing more from Norwegian oil fields without impacting the climate
“The answer is a definite yes”, says Ole Gunnar Tveiten, geologist at AGR, regarding the possibility for Norway to maintain oil production in the years to come and at the Read More
The challenge at Gorgon
“Every CO2 project will have its unique challenges”, said Chris Stavinoha from Chevron during his presentation at SEAPEX last month. And as he explained during his talk, Chevron’s Gorgon CO2 Read More
Geothermal energy production can be profitable
“It kept me in the job”, said Elliot Yearsley when asked about scale and corrosion in geothermal wells by a participant during the recent Seapex Conference in Singapore. Yearsley had Read More
“It’s the amplitude anomalies that brought us back”
“When I prepared the slides for this talk”, said Nick Comrie-Smith from Harbour Energy during his presentation at the Seapex Conference in Singapore early March, “I considered the title “Shooting Read More
Spotted at…
A conference about digitalisation and subsurface data in Norway – it is a platform where one would mainly expect people from energy companies and the related service sector. But the Read More