A 1 % error margin is not acceptable anymore
It is something that many geoscientists may not think about daily, but there is a whole community in the upstream oil and gas sector that is working to make sure…
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The rise of production geology
Before anything, let’s clear the water: Production geology is not a cross-over between the cinema industry and our good ol’ geology. Production geology refers to unravelling the geological intricacies in…
“In this case, we’d rather find the smallest prospect”
In the continued discussion around the poor state of exploration drilling in the UK versus all those wells that are being drilled in Norwegian waters, it is so easy to…
NSC production higher despite cut
The first six months of 2020 saw a higher produced volume of hydrocarbons than the same period last year.
Gas transport from the Barents Sea foresees new investment in infrastructure
There are many gas discoveries, and associated gas in oil discoveries, that could possibly be developed in the Barents Sea. Investment cost in new infrastructure and distance to the market…
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…
Maria still shut-in
In an interview with Sysla, Mario Mehren CEO Wintershall, confesses that he is disappointed how the Maria field has performed so far and that there is uncertainty when it will…
Oda on stream
Spirit Energy, operator of the Oda field has announced that it started producing from the Oda field almost 5 months earlier than planned and under budget with a 15% reduction…
More production from the UKCS
The “Projections of UK Oil and Gas Production and Expenditure Report” published by the OGA, expects that UK oil and gas production over the period 2016–2050 is reaching 3.9 billion…
New production record in 2023
Bente Nyland, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s Director General, presented mostly good news from the Shelf in 2018. With great enthusiasm about the high activity she looked back at 2018 and showed…
Demands immediate production stop at Groningen
On January 17, the Dutch High Court will have a hearing to consider demands to immediately end the gas production from the Groningen field. Local and regional authorities and even…
The only way is up
WoodMac analysists expect that oil exploration in the North Sea will bounce back in 2019 with 60 exploration wells on the drilling schedule for the UK, Norway, Denmark and the…