North West Europe

A mystery

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…

A personal Petex

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…

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…

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…