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Better illuminating the Rotliegend beneath a heavily deformed overburden

Henk Kombrink

October 7, 2025

In April 2025, the main stakeholders in the offshore energy landscape in the Netherlands signed the so-called “Sector Accord”, which brought more clarity and momentum to exploring for and subsequently…

The master of near-field exploration

Henk Kombrink

October 6, 2025

When thinking about exploration geology in the oil and gas sector, most people will envisage going to places unknown, map the big bumps, and get them drilled. That’s not how…

Submarine avalanches in a serendipitous find

Marcos Asensio

September 16, 2025

In the depths of the North Sea lies one of the most spectacular records of turbidity currents: The Claymore Sandstone. During the Upper Jurassic, these rocks were born from a…

Crushing report on TMC’s deep-sea mining plans

Ronny Setså

September 12, 2025

“We believe the economics of TMC’s operations are not viable and that the company will be a repeat of Nautilus. We expect Gerard Barron to leave the ship when this…

Energy is politics, is community, is pride

Juan Cottier, MMbbls Subsurface Consulting

August 22, 2025

My dear friend William invited me last month to Brecon, mid Wales. Another dear friend, Ian, lives in Penarth, just outside Cardiff, south Wales, so it made perfect sense to…

Wind makes room for gas

Henk Kombrink

August 21, 2025

It is getting busy in the North Sea. Was the area a monopoly for oil and gas companies when it comes to energy production for decades, in recent years offshore…

Looking at the regional geology of the Wolin-East discovery in Poland

Ian Cross and Peter Browing-Stamp

August 4, 2025

Last month, Central European Petroleum (CEP) announced that its Wolin East-1 (WE1) well in the Baltic Sea in Poland was a significant oil discovery, having been designed to target primarily…

Despite putting the brakes on seabed mineral licensing, the Norwegian government continues to spend ever-increasing amounts on seabed mapping

Ronny Setså

July 31, 2025

“We have been busy,” confirmed Hilde Braut, Deputy Director for New Industries at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD), when she gave a lecture at the Deep Sea Minerals 2025 conference…

Romania – will there finally be a new bid round?

Henk Kombrink

July 29, 2025

Romania used to be Europe’s stronghold when it comes to oil production. But it’s not anymore today. That’s not because the country has run out of oil or gas; it…

Shaving off costs for geothermal exploration and production

Henk Kombrink

July 28, 2025

“ Let’s face it,” says Arndt Peterhaensel from TRACS, “with the energy density of geothermal energy being so much lower than from hydrocarbons, the service sector around this resource has…

How advanced seismic inversion and a sound depositional model led to the successful appraisal of an initially uneconomic discovery

Henk Kombrink

July 24, 2025

Let’s take a step back and look at the structures targeted in the early days of North Sea exploration. It is no surprise that back then, the big fields were…

Extract and re-inject water, from the same well

Henk Kombrink

July 18, 2025

The city of Munich is blessed with a very permeable succession of Quaternary sediments that enables a high and consistent supply of groundwater flow. As such, there is great potential…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Europe

Better illuminating the Rotliegend beneath a heavily deformed overburden

The master of near-field exploration

Submarine avalanches in a serendipitous find

Crushing report on TMC’s deep-sea mining plans

Energy is politics, is community, is pride

Wind makes room for gas

Looking at the regional geology of the Wolin-East discovery in Poland

Despite putting the brakes on seabed mineral licensing, the Norwegian government continues to spend ever-increasing amounts on seabed mapping

Romania – will there finally be a new bid round?

Shaving off costs for geothermal exploration and production

How advanced seismic inversion and a sound depositional model led to the successful appraisal of an initially uneconomic discovery

Extract and re-inject water, from the same well

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