Decommissioning in the North Sea
Expert Greg Coleman considers some of the key issues The oil industry is set to spend over US$ 60 billion on decommissioning North Sea fields over the next 25 years.…
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New Opportunities in the Central North Sea
New insights from a regional and reservoir level interpretation in the mature Central North Sea With the upcoming 30th UK Offshore license round centered on mature areas of the UK…
Hydrocarbon Potential in the North Barents Basin
Discovering a potential new oil and gas province in the north-western sector of the Russian Arctic. The complete regional geological assessment of the northern part of the Barents Sea is…
Exploration Update – UK
Basement Discovery for Hurricane Basement specialist Hurricane Energy announced in December that it had made a significant fractured basement discovery with well 205/26b-A on its Lincoln prospect, about 160 km…
Exploring Rockall
A Renaissance or a Dark Age? The increasing maturity of the North Sea is forcing explorers west, towards the frontier Northern Atlantic Margin in search of the next oil province.…
Promoting the UKCS
The UK Oil and Gas Authority was recently set up as the regulator for both onshore and offshore oil and gas operations in the United Kingdom. Director of Exploration, Production…
Unlocking the UK North Sea’s Hidden Wealth
What are the keys to revealing the remaining potential of the UK Lower Cretaceous? The current very low level of exploration drilling in the UK North Sea should not signal…
Maximizing Recovery
In an environment of uncertainty regarding sovereignty of lucrative UKCS resources, oil companies operating in the mature North Sea Basin are being urged to do what the London and Scottish…
Exploration Update – UK
UK: Onshore discovery Successful onshore UK wells are relatively rare, so the Horse Hill discovery, located in onshore UK block PEDL 246 in the Weald Basin, about 50 km south…
UK Continental Shelf: Raising the bar for regional 3D seismic in the Central North Sea
Exploring the Remaining Potential of the Central North Sea Well known for its challenging seismic imaging, the Central North Sea still harbours a wide range of exploration opportunities. The imaging…
3D Broadband Seismic in the Southern Central Graben
New Potential in the Southern Central Graben Is it possible to determine where the future hydrocarbon potential lies or to identify a new play that will ensure continued interest and growth…
OGA Launches Exploration Licence Competition
The Oil and Gas Authority has launched a £500,000 competition to encourage innovative interpretations of the data acquired during 2015’s surveys of the Rockall Basin and Mid North Sea High…