The sedimentary record of a drowning basement high
It is probably the most important reservoir in the Norwegian offshore sector, but it is difficult to map using seismic data because of its limited thickness of 5 to 40…
Johan Sverdrup
Further capacity increase at Johan Sverdrup
When Phase 2 starts up in the fourth quarter of 2022, the full field plateau production is increased to 720 Mbopd. Following the successful increase of the Johan Sverdrup Phase…
Johan Sverdrup field to reach plateau production in May, before schedule
According to Equinor, The North Sea Johan Sverdrup field expects to reach plateau production for the first phase in early May, earlier than anticipated. Plateau production was previously expected to…
Provides a higher recovery factor
– Permanent reservoir monitoring is a powerful tool and an important part of the complicated work of producing as much as possible of oil and gas in the most cost-efficient…
Oil production to increase in 2020
– Western Europe’s oil supply, with Norway and the United Kingdom as key contributors, is set for a renaissance this year and a growing trajectory going forward, according to Rystad…
APPEX 2020: A Johan Sverdrup analogue at the UKCS?
One of the larger prospects that were presented at the APPEX Global 2020 is from the UK company North Sea Natural Resources Ltd (NSNR). Expronews.com talked to their CEO, Niels…
Resources of the NCS are growing
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has announced its yearly Resource account. According to their estimates of proven and unproven resources, the NCS held a total of 98,75 billion boe at…
High-Value Barrels
Out of 17 discoveries made on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) last year, a minimum of ten of them will be presented at the conference NCS Exploration – Recent Discoveries…
World oil demand still increasing
The consumption of oil is increasing in the world, and is expected to increase also this year.
Offers given in APA 2019
[UPDATED with comments from the Seismic industry] The new petroleum and energy minister of Norway, Sylvi Listhaug, announced today the results of the evaluation of the applications from 33 companies…
Another good year on the NCS, according to the NPD
The NPD reports of high activity on the shelf last year. There are considerable resources in fields and discoveries, and more to be discovered in all three sea areas. A…
Week 1 2020
[this post has been updated 15:23 06.01.2020] The first full week in 2020 starts with a major event on Tuesday, the official opening of the oil and gas field giant…