Slim is smart
“Why drill 150 mm when 120 mm will do?” That simple question sparked an ongoing discussion between Bruce and his son Ryan Gatherer. Bruce has spent more than 35 years…
Europe
When the reliability of your project depends on a single tool at hundreds of meters depth
An ESP can fail at any time, even before geothermal projects officially start. We recently reported on such a special case of ESP failure in the southwest of England, at…
First seabed copper from Norway
Over the past three years, academia and industry joined forces in the project EMINENT to increase knowledge of the deep sea and demonstrate a full value chain for sustainable extraction…
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…
Norway’s AlphaGo moment: Why 2025 changed the game
In 2016, Google’s AlphaGo played “Move 37” against Lee Sedol – a move that looked bafflingly wrong to human experts but ultimately secured the win. In 2025, the Norwegian Continental…
Norway stumbles at the finish line
On the night of December 3, 2025, Norwegian parliament re-ached an agreement on the state budget for 2026. One point in the budget agreement reads as follows: The parliament asks…
If plans come to fruition, the Aarhus geothermal project in Denmark may almost deliver what was promised
The Aarhus geothermal project in Denmark, developed by Innargi, has been a flagship project since it was announced in 2022. One of the most differentiating things Innargi did in order…
How can we monitor North Sea carbon stores under wind farms and production platforms?
Repeat time-lapse seismic surveys can track CO2 plume migration, but where the seabed is obstructed by wind turbines or oil and gas platforms, access by vessels towing long multi-streamer arrays…
Finding hydrogen is not the problem; producing it is…
The natural hydrogen community is coming to the realisation that finding large free gas, hydrogen reservoirs might be rare, or might not be on the cards at all. Dr. Jürgen…
The Black Sea is back
The region took a huge leap forward in 2020 when the Turkish state energy company Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO) announced the giant Tuna-1 gas discovery in the western basin…
Looking for a low-risk infill well? You might want to consider areas of weak 4D response
When porosities and fluid contrasts are modest, the acoustic impedance (AI) changes associated with water sweeping oil can be small, even at relatively shallow depths. That is the case in…
A greenprint for deep sea copper exploration
The Semenov hydrothermal fields along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 13° N, the same latitude as Senegal and Nicaragua, boast the world’s largest known Seafloor Massive Sulphide (SMS) deposits, with a…