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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

North America

The new kids on the geosteering block

Henk Kombrink
For some people, the pandemic came at the right time. That certainly applies to wellsite geologists Amin, Ammar and Rafi representing BITCAP, a new start-up that released its first commercial…

Chasing zombie wells

Henk Kombrink
“It doesn’t have the dramatic fire and oil shooting out like the bp Macondo well. No, here, in the Permian Basin, wells are spewing fully saturated brine instead”, says Sarah…

The North American helium fairway

Mariël Reitsma - HRH Geology
As always, news outlets concentrate on the handful of exploration companies trying to prove additional (helium) resources. For instance, Gold Hydrogen announced a record find of 17.5% helium in the…

USA looking to join the race

Ronny Setså
The Metals Company may be the first company – commercial or state-owned – in the world to start full-scale deepsea mining. That makes their quarterly and annual reports a well-worth…

Riedel shears as kinematic indicators

Molly Turko - Devon Energy
In the previous article in this series, we discussed that Riedel shears are commonly the first set of subsidiary faults we see prior to the breakthrough of a master fault.…

Nodules may indeed be “battery rocks”

Ronny Setså
Nodules were originally termed “a battery in a rock” by The Metals Company (TMC) to convey to the public the need for deep sea minerals for the green shift. Polymetallic…

Titanic effort in ultra deep waters off Newfoundland

Peter Elliott - NVentures
ExxonMobil, with partner QatarEnergy, is drilling the Persephone (C-54) wildcat offshore Canada’s Labrador and Newfoundland coast. This new frontier wildcat is testing a number of conventional clastic reservoirs in rifted…

Riedel shears, my favorite kinematic indicator

Molly Turko - Devon Energy
Riedel shears are commonly the first set of subsidiary faults we see prior to the breakthrough of a master fault. They form systematically at an acute angle (~10-20°) to the…