Energy Geoscience Conference
The Energy Geoscience Conference – EGC – is a new conference series launched by the Geological Society and the GESGB under the strapline ‘powering the energy transition through subsurface collaboration’.…
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A potential depth record?
The website ThinkGeoenergy reported in February that preparations were ongoing for drilling a geothermal well in the south of Poland, with a potential terminal depth of 7 km. Reaching this…
Northern Viking Graben – Chasing the Upper Jurassic Play
Left: Location map showing CGG’s legacy north-south, new east-west and dual-azimuth seismic coverage in the Northern Viking Graben. Right: TL-FWI velocities with frequencies up to 14 Hz, draped over dual-azimuth…
The world’s first storage project of 100% hydrogen in a sandstone reservoir
After many years of preparation, last week saw the start of injecting 100% hydrogen into the Rubensdorf gas reservoir, onshore Austria. The injected hydrogen is generated through the electrolysis of…
A key member in Europe’s upstream network
“I’m so pleased to be able to organise in-person meetings again”, says Helena Dobrova. “Soon, we will host our 56th event in Poland.” Helena can easily be ranked as one…
Boring? Maybe not so boring!
“It’s the details that always bite you in the end”, said Ronny Parr from the North Sea Transition Authority to the audience at SPE’s Seismic 2023 Conference in Aberdeen yesterday.…
How an oil service company is moving into renewable space
It is well known that elements such as copper, nickel and lithium are in high demand to provide materials needed for the energy transition. It is less well-known that chemical…
Producing more from Norwegian oil fields without impacting the climate
“The answer is a definite yes”, says Ole Gunnar Tveiten, geologist at AGR, regarding the possibility for Norway to maintain oil production in the years to come and at the…
Spotted at…
A conference about digitalisation and subsurface data in Norway – it is a platform where one would mainly expect people from energy companies and the related service sector. But the…
A shallow geothermal borehole in a single day
“We’re operating five rigs continuously across the UK,” Ashley Lowthian from GreenGlove Boreholes tells me when I visit him and his colleague at a drill site in Garthdee, Aberdeen. Ashley…
Vår Energi wins Exploration Revived 2023 award
The ongoing global energy crisis has highlighted the importance of continuing to invest in oil and gas exploration in order to satisfy short- and medium-term demand as the world transitions…
Challenging ground conditions for Norwegian offshore wind
“The ocean bottom conditions on the Norwegian continental shelf are challenging and vary from place to place, so they must be examined in detail”, says Lars Jensen, geophysicist at the…