Ideas over barrels
When France launched the slogan «On n’a pas de pétrole, mais on a des idées» during the oil shock, it wasn’t clever copy – it was national reframing. Lacking domestic…
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The very first core cut in the UK North Sea
It is boxing day 1964, a day most people in the countries around the North Sea don’t think about spending a day at sea. Yet, the crew of the Global…
From image to insight: Why seismic data quality matters for CO₂ storage
Left: Overview map of the NVG reprocessed seismic dataset; Right: Coloured interpretation of the seismic line. Repurposing seismic data for carbon storage activities Carbon storage licensing on the Norwegian Continental…
Keep that well
Equinor made a discovery in the North Sea recently, but that is not the biggest piece of news. What is interesting about the Omega Sør Alfa discovery (34/4-19S) is its…
A round-up of key development projects across Europe – a subsurface summary
Production in the North Sea and in most oil and gas-producing countries in continental Europe is largely in decline. The upstream investment landscape in Europe is challenged by a combination…
Eavor stepping away from operator role in Geretsried
Fair play. I have published about Eavor before, and I’ve been critical not only of the level of secrecy surrounding the company and its operations, but also of the concept…
United Downs – it is too early to uncork the bottle
Maybe it is because I am connected with Ryan Law on LinkedIn, but the number of posts about the success of the United Downs geothermal project was unstoppable for a…
Western Pyrenees foothills – the hotspot for natural hydrogen
The growing interest in hydrogen within the context of the energy transition has recently led to renewed scientific attention, resulting in the identification of numerous natural occurrences across a wide…
The subsurface is a key factor in explaining the poor result of the recent Danish CCS tender
Denmark is one of the countries that aims to be a leader when it comes to climate change mitigation measures. That’s why the government launched a tender process in October…
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…
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…