“We have practically never looked for gas in the Barents Sea. All exploration wells have had oil as their target, and all discoveries of gas have been accidental”, said Dag…
Onshore seismic is always more of a challenge to interpret than marine seismic data, and the seismic lines from the area around Cousland to the southeast of Edinburgh that Malcolm…
This study was undertaken by PetroStrat in collaboration with Stratum AS (QEMSCAN), Barnwell Parker Geoscience Limited (seismic interpretation) and HM Research Associates (heavy mineral provenance analysis). Together, we have completed…
The discoveries of the giant Tamar and Leviathan gas fields offshore Israel in 2009 and 2010 respectively were hailed as two of the largest finds of the decade. As such,…
The top three countries in terms of geothermal energy production are China, the US and Sweden. In total, these countries produced around 200 TWh in 2020. Of that figure, ground-source…
Steven Ogilvie, Ogilvie Geoscience, and Paolo Pace, Pace Geoscience
Natural fractures can provide the essential permeability in hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs. However, they exist in the sub-seismic domain and although they can be detected by well logs and cores,…
Taras Popadynets and Yuliia Demchuk, Geothermal Ukraine
Ukraine has several geothermal sites and resources, especially in the Transcarpathia region and in the southern part of the country. However, the development of geothermal resources has not been extensively…
“MCF Energy Announces Significant Gas Discovery in Austria“, is the headline of a press release issued a few days ago by Canadian player MCF Energy. That sounds like exciting news…
Another pressure plot without values on the Y-axis! That’s what I thought when watching Eirik Jenssen’s presentation at the Dig X Conference in Oslo yesterday. Eirik works as a Reservoir…
In September last year, the UK Government announced a list of renewable energy projects that qualify for a minimum price guarantee for the energy delivered to the grid. Geothermal projects…
The Munich area in the south of Germany is situated in a genuine hot spot when it comes to geothermal energy production. Karstified Upper Jurassic carbonates have already formed an…
High-impact New player MCF will drill two high-impact wells in Germany in Q1 2024. One will be a development well in the Lech area Bavaria, Germany. A previously drilled well…