Gravel and geothermal energy
It is well-known that Munich is benefiting from a favourable setting in terms of deep geothermal energy production. A little less well-known is that Munich also sits on a much…
North West Europe
Does Denmark really want onshore CO2 storage?
Less than a year ago, we published an article about what was supposed to be Europe’s first full-scale and commercial onshore CO2 storage project, aimed to be operational next year.…
Has Norway’s drive to find more gas in the Barents Sea paid off yet?
Fuelled by the gas crisis that unfolded in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Norwegians voiced hopes that the Barents Sea was the place where additional gas resources were…
The geological record of a highly eruptive part of North Sea history
The Kveikje discovery in the Norwegian North Sea was proven with a play-opening well in 2022, discovering a significant hydrocarbon accumulation in shallow Eocene-aged remobilised sands and injectites. These strata…
Well to Watch: UK Block 48/8b Selene Prospect
A few days ago, Shell spudded the 48/8b-3 exploration well with the Valaris 123 jack-up to drill the Selene exploration well in the UK Southern North Sea gas basin. This…
386 blocks
It is 59 years since Norway announced the first round of hydrocarbon concessions for the Norwegian continental shelf. At that time, the offer included 278 blocks south of the 62nd…
Putting a stop on oil and gas licensing now compares to taking away a cake when most of it has already been eaten
British politicians used to be honorary guests when new oil fields were taken into production. That was how things worked in the past. A celebration of technological ingenuity, drilling deep…
The first high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage project in Europe
“We have a unique geothermal energy solution here”, says geologist Eva van der Voet from Ennatuurlijk Aardwarmte in Middenmeer, the Netherlands. “The complex of greenhouses we deliver energy to is…
Norwegian North Sea: Identifying details of Lower Cretaceous sand fairways on the Måløy Slope
Left: Map showing location of Viridien’s Northern Viking Graben (NVG) datasets. Single-azimuth reimaging was performed on the NVG data in the area outlined by the yellow polygon. The seismic section,…
The gas blowout that continues to have an effect even after almost 60 years
The discovery of the Groningen gas field in 1959 led to a flurry of drilling activity in the Netherlands and surrounding countries in a quest for more gas. It is…
New GeoStreamer X multi-azimuth seismic dataset in the Norwegian Sea unlocks new prospectivity
The GeoStreamer X 2022 survey is shown in orange, highlighting the location of the line displayed. The survey area for the GeoStreamer X 2023 survey and the 2024 programs is…
Hydrogen storage in a depleted gas reservoir – how easy is that?
“When Rough was under natural gas production and later as a gas storage facility, the geology was not considered to be particularly important ”, said Katharine Howell from Exceed during…