Norway kicks off APA 2020 – 36 new blocks for public consultation
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has kickstarted Norway’s annual licensing round – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA), in a press release. The first step is a public consultancy on…
North Sea
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…
NCS: What will the seismic season of 2020 bring?
The approved surveys include seabed (OBS/OBN) and EM acquisitions, but mainly site surveys to be undertaken by Equinor. The surveys pending approval also include mainly site surveys (2D/4D), two of them…
Past, present and future use of geophysics at the NCS
“Ideas tend to be old», Adriana Citlali Ramirez from TGS told the audience at the NPF Biannual Geophysical Seminar at Fornebu, Oslo, on March 10. “In the last decade, we…
POSTPONED – UNTIL OCTOBER
We will reschedule the event to October 2020 and revert with further information about dates and venue. We appreciate all the efforts made by the program committee in putting together…
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…
Small oil discovery in Sigrun East next to Gudrun
Wildcats 15/3-12 S and 15/3-12 A (Sigrun East) proved oil next to the Gudrun field in the mid-North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Preliminary estimates place the size…
Skogul approved for start-up
The Skogul field with the surrounding area. Map: norskpetroleum.no. The 13th smallest field in volume on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), the Aker BP-operated Skogul field in the mid-North Sea,…
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…
Hands-on exploration
MOL Norge has changed its exploration strategy to become an active driller in order to increase its shrinking reserves.
Finding oil the easy way
While their exploration staff may be small, M Vest Energy is taking advantage of the opportunities the digitalization of the E&P industry provides. – We are letting the machines do…