A Look-Back at Petoro’s 2022 Wells to Watch
When it comes to drilling more audacious exploration wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Petoro is often one of the partners. As a state-owned company, Petoro’s risk profile differs from…
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What was the main reason for you to attend the NCS Strategy conference? With a shift of consciousness (and policies) towards new energy for the net zero targets, my main…
The Ups and Downs of Dutch Offshore Gas Production
When the Groningen field was found in 1959 in the north of the Netherlands, one would think that the first offshore well in the Dutch sector was to be drilled…
The Schwerin Sweet Spot
The current energy situation, together with a favourable geological setting and recent technical advances, have put the Schwerin geothermal project back on the radar big time. Schwerin, the capital of…
Core photos of giant Groningen gas field publicly released
Following the release of the Groningen field static model in 2020, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM), in collaboration with a Data publication platform of Utrecht University (EPOS-NL), has now made available…
The Poles were bang on time
It must have been a good moment for PGNiG Norway’s Subsurface and Exploration manager Chris Dart to present his company’s business outlook at the recent NCS Exploration Strategy Conference in…
Seeing the whole picture
During the pandemic, Lyme Bay Consulting took the opportunity to download all the Operator-released 3D seismic data in the UKCS to produce a series of Post-Stack Merged Seismic Volumes covering…
Adapting conventional E&P workflows to scale up hydrogen and helium exploration
Natural hydrogen and helium exploration is booming worldwide. The combined production of hydrogen, helium and carbon dioxide in the Earth’s subsurface provides alternative resources that could revolutionize the path to…
UK Mid North Sea High: defining and de-risking exploration in the Zechstein Play
Figure 1: A) Location map showing Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the ION MNSH Prime 3D program. B) Interim depth section across Phase 2 of the ION MNSH Prime…
Delivering a geological service for Europe
It is a misconception that abandoning fossil fuels reduces the importance of the subsurface – whilst the use of it will materially change, it continues to play a crucial role…
Accurate Reservoir Attributes Delivered with GeoStreamer X in the South Viking Graben, Norway
Illustrated here are the two GeoStreamer X surveys (2019 southern polygon and 2020 northern polygon), the rockAVO wells used in this study and the random line for the main seismic…
UK North Sea: A Step-Change in Imaging Quality
It is often said the best place to find oil is in an oil field and if that is true then perhaps the second-best place to find oil would be…