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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

North America

Successful near-field helium exploration

Mariël Reitsma, HRH Geology
Blue Star Helium and joint venture partner Helium One, have successfully conclud­ed a six-well development campaign at the Galactica project in Las Animas County, Colorado. The company reported positive re­sults…

Ripples and plane beds

Ali Jaffri, Applied Stratigraphix
The Cutoff Formation, currently exposed in the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, USA, was deposited over a drowned shelf margin in Permian times. The name of the formation is derived from…

A helium reservoir in fractured basement

Mariël Reitsma, HRH Geology
In 2011, a borehole tar­geting nickel unexpect­edly discovered gas. The gas flowed from the hole with such force that it reportedly ‘screamed like a jet engine’ for four days un­til…

Back on the shelf

Henk Kombrink
As TotalEnergies is moving ahead developing its deep-water discoveries in Block 58 in Suriname waters, there is a drive to discover more resources nearby. And rather than focusing on deep…

“Almost every foot of rock has oil in it”

Henk Kombrink
For those people who don’t work in the US onshore oil sector, names such as the Permian and the Appalachian may still sound familiar, as it is these basins that…

A new seabed minerals frontier emerges

Ronny Setså
American Samoa is emerging as a new potential frontier for seabed minerals, joining global players like Japan, India, and Norway in the race to commence seafloor mineral extraction. In April,…

The bit boy has gone

Henk Kombrink
The Canadian oil sector has changed dramatically in a matter of 20 years. Back in the early 2000’s, vertical drilling was very much common good, but these days, you would…

The hottest play in Canada

Henk Kombrink
At the IMAGE Conference in August 2024, I met some wellsite geologists from Calgary. They were the first to tell me about the Clearwater Formation and that drilling has been…