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Has the Aarhus geothermal project become a little less geothermal than initially planned?

Henk Kombrink

June 12, 2025

In a recent statement on LinkedIn, geothermal exploration and development company Innargi announced that its flagship project in Aarhus, Denmark, will be developed differently from what was originally foreseen. Where…

Making small pools work

Henk Kombrink

May 30, 2025

Despite there still being major uncertainties for operators on the UK Continental Shelf, as Niall McLean from Brodies Solicitors clearly explained in his talk about the Finch ruling, when talking…

“We’re in this weird time of pre-AI and post-AI”

Henk Kombrink

March 21, 2025

A few months ago, I published some thoughts on how Norway has proven to be such a hotspot when it comes to new subsurface technology. Dan Austin, who has been…

The presence of oil and gas at a geothermal conference

Henk Kombrink

February 24, 2025

“I work on gas installations, but I have come to this conference to network, as so many people from the sector are here,” somebody tells me at the lunch table…

Picking prospects: Exploring the Orchard Platform’s Haupt Dolomite play

Peter Browning-Stamp and Carlo Caldarelli, Horizon Energy Partners

February 5, 2025

The UK mid North Sea High (MNSH) can be considered as one of the least explored hydrocarbon provinces on the UK Continental Shelf. Early drilling campaigns targeted pre-Permian structures, with…

Less oil, more water

Henk Kombrink

January 23, 2025

It is something that I am not often exposed to, but that does not mean it is unimportant – produced water. The SPE Aberdeen section organized a panel discussion around…

Finding the right store for CO₂ can lead to very different outcomes

Henk Kombrink

December 19, 2024

It happens quite regularly that people’s surname seem to be closely linked to the profession they operate in. This certainly applies to Alexander Bump from the University of Texas in…

Northern North Sea: A decade of seismic acquisition and exploration success

Henk Kombrink

December 18, 2024

Figure 1. Discoveries within the NVG surveys from 2018 – 2024. Source: Viridien. In this article, we go back more than ten years to 2013, when the area west and…

No licensing round for seabed minerals in Norway next year

Ronny Setså

December 2, 2024

On Sunday 1 December, the results of the national budget negotiations were presented. The Socialist Left Party won approval to stop the upcoming licensing round for seabed minerals. It was…

A mystery

Henk Kombrink

November 28, 2024

The upper Permian Zechstein of the UK Southern North Sea is experiencing a little revival these days. The main reason is that gas and some oil were discovered last year…

How subsurface data helped answer the question why flow testing results of a geothermal well disappointed

Henk Kombrink

November 26, 2024

“Why would we need resistivity data if we are drilling for water”, some people argued when the Amstelland-01 geothermal exploration well was planned a couple of years ago. Now, almost…

A personal Petex

Henk Kombrink

November 22, 2024

When I attended Petex for the first time, it must have been around 2010, I took it all for granted: the big booths, the enormous exhibition floor, the large number…

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