When extrapolating the Tornquist lineament from Denmark and the Highland Boundary fault from Scotland, one would arrive in the area of the Sele High i [...]
“The reason why we look mostly around existing infrastructure is that this type of exploration often has a high return and a good balance price. They [...]
The 71226-3S well has come in positively for operator Vår Energi and partners Longboat Energy (20%), Concedo (20%) & Equinor (10%), as the operato [...]
In an attempt to add volumes to the Solveig development, Lundin and partner Aker BP have not been successful in proving hydrocarbons in the Merckx pro [...]
With Equinor this week awarding a multi-well contract to COSL Drilling Europe to have four additional wells drilled on Statfjord Ost from 2023 onwards [...]
The conclusion by the MarMine project is based on analysis of collected data and several hundred kilos of samples on the mid-ocean ridge. However, the [...]
Last month, operator Equinor (55%) and partners PGNiG (30%) and Longboat (15%) spudded well 6407/1-9 in PL939 in the Norwegian Sea, targeting the Egyp [...]
About 15 kilometres south of the Neptune-operated Fenja development in the Norwegian Sea, PGNiG and partner Lime Petroleum (15%) have now spudded the [...]
In an ongoing campaign to further proof prospectivity and deliverability of the Utsira High petroleum province, Lundin and partner Aker BP (40%) have [...]
“Being able to look around the well bore in a radius of 30 m enabled us to drill all four Duva production wells to the highest standards, maximising t [...]
The well (2/5-15), drilled just north of the Tor Southeast Chalk oil discovery, targeted the Gomez prospect and proved a 23 m oil column in Paleocene [...]
As announced yesterday, operator of Norwegian Sea licence 159B Equinor has completed well 6507/3-14 on the Black Vulture discovery and did not succeed [...]
In the North Sea oil and gas sector, production from fractured basement is in the spotlight these days, given the Lancaster field development in the U [...]
With a gross mean volume of 41 MMboe, the Rødhette (Little Red Riding Hood) prospect currently being targeted through drilling well 7122/6-3S must cer [...]
Even in areas where decades of exploration may have resulted in a view that nothing more can be found, it is through “good old exploration work” that [...]
Operator Lundin targeted multiple reservoirs with the now completed Lille Prinsen 16/1-34S&A drilling campaign. Before the main target - the Zechs [...]
It’s not a secret that the Wintershall Dea operated Maria field in the Norwegian Sea has underperformed. During a presentation at the Exploration Revi [...]
200 attendees will gather in Stavanger and Oslo over the next two days to listen to talks from all the key players operating on the Norwegian Continen [...]
As the website Politico mentioned last week, the main parties in Norway all support the oil and gas sector, with only the Greens challenging the statu [...]
Seafloor Massive Sulphides (SMS) are one type of deep-sea mineral deposit currently being explored for as they often have high concentrations of metal [...]
The programme for the upcoming Deep Sea Minerals Conference (20-21 Oct) is finalised, but there is still opportunity to present your work in the form [...]
In a press release issued yesterday, Shell NL, TotalEnergies, EBN and Gasunie have agreed on a collaboration to realise another CO2 capture, transport [...]
As announced yesterday, operator Wintershall and partners DNO (30%) and Spirit Energy (30%) concluded drilling appraisal well 6406/3-10A on the Bergkn [...]
As Bloomberg Energy expert Javier Blas showed on Twitter last week, both the UK and Dutch gas benchmarks closed at all-time highs. Combined with the f [...]
In times when potential field developments are being heavily discussed in the light of climate concerns (Cambo field, UK), environmental issues (Terna [...]
The Dugong Tail prospect can be seen as another compartment in the NE-SW trending fault block - or relay ramp between the Marulk Basin in the NW and t [...]
In a press release issued by the NPD yesterday, it was announced that the 25/2-22S appraisal well on Liatårnet only proved traces of oil in the Miocen [...]
On Friday last week, production started from the Troll phase 3 project in the North Sea. The new wells are tied in to the Troll A platform and Troll p [...]
Lundin and partners are steadily continuing an extensive 2021 nine-well drilling campaign and other activities in the Greater Edvard Grieg area. Among [...]
On the 11th of August, drill ship JOIDES Resolution set sail from the port of Reykjavik. During the two-month cruise this autumn, the crew hopes to dr [...]
"How heavy is the oil?" That will probably be the most important question operator Aker BP and partner Lotos E&P Norway (9.74%) will want to be an [...]
Field outlines can sometimes be slightly misleading in the sense that a big polygon on a map can leave the impression that a field is huge, whilst in [...]
An interesting “trend” is unfolding in the Norwegian Southern North Sea, where DNO and partner Aker BP (15%) spudded well 2/5-15 last week. In contras [...]
As summer gradually draws to a close, people get back to work and schools are about to re-open, it's time to present a bit of a summary of what happen [...]
With an oil column of around 50 m in weathered and fractured granitic basement, the Rolvsnes production test Lundin Energy now embarked on through the [...]
"Duva is the first discovery to be developed in the Agat Formation, and we're hoping for additional discoveries and developments in the same formation [...]
The 437 square kilometer survey will be acquired in the NOAKA area, between the Oseberg and Alvheim fields in the Norwegian North Sea, containing both [...]
In what was supposed to be the biggest contributor to the overall volumes found in the Iving discovery in 2019, two appraisal wells now suggest that t [...]
"The Norwegian shelf is becoming increasingly mature, and many areas have been explored multiple times throughout the years. In order to increase the [...]
As we already reported a little while ago, the Ommadawn prospect targeted by OMV and partners Petoro (20%) and Neptune (20%) in PL970 was an interesti [...]
As reported by the NPD today, the drilling of 31/11-1S has now been concluded with a dry well as a result. The well can be seen as a courageous attemp [...]
“This is a big day for everyone working on the Martin Linge project, for Equinor and for our partner Petoro. I would like to thank everyone who [...]
In the past few months, a polygon has been added to the Tordis field cluster (transparent green polygon in map below), which is bigger than the four a [...]
As announced by partner Petrolia Noco yesterday, the Dugong partnership with Neptune as the operator aims to drill a third exploration well on the Dug [...]
Another sign that frontier exploration is getting less and less important even in the Norwegian sector? One would say so, when looking at the awards a [...]
CGG has been awarded a major project by Lundin Energy Norway AS for the seismic imaging of an innovative simultaneous node and streamer 3D survey curr [...]
Back in 2008, Dong E&P Norway drilled well 1/3-11 only 1,200 m to the west of where 1/3-13 has now been spudded. However, the target of the Dong-o [...]
With the discovery of between 60 and 135 MMboe recoverable, Vår Energi and partner Mime Petroleum (10%) have clearly proven that the area where the se [...]
On Friday last week, Aker BP announced that production has started from the Gråsel field in the Norwegian Sea. It is a good example of the development [...]
Drilled just north of the pinch-out line of the Middle Jurassic Brent sandstones, the targets of well 34/6-5 S were Lower Jurassic sandstones of both [...]
Back in 1964, Phillips Petroleum was awarded several exploration licences offshore Norway. “In time-honoured Oklahoma fashion, these licences were giv [...]
As the Ekofisk field celebrates its 50th production anniversary today, the vast amount data acquired throughout the years can be used to infer a varie [...]
“Within EMGS, we would have been very excited if additional prospectivity had been proven within the Snadd level related to the observed resistor. Thi [...]
Yesterday, the NPD announced that well 35/11-25S and its side-track 25A drilling the Apodida prospect both came in dry. With the S well targeting Uppe [...]
"The success rate over the last 18 months has been remarkable for such a mature area [as the NCS]," Torgeir Stordal, director of technology and coexis [...]
Well 7234/6-1 was spudded a few days ago in PL858, operated by Aker BP at 40% interest and partnered by Equinor (20%), Lukoil Overseas (20%) and Petor [...]
Today we continue our series dedicated to the deepest wells drilled in the countries around the North Sea. Previously, we discussed the Havelange well [...]
Earlier this morning, the NPD issued a press release stating that the Shenzhou well - 7322/6-1S - drilled to the northwest of the Wisting discovery an [...]
As announced by OKEA ASA and partners Petoro AS and Neptune Energy Norge AS, the Hasselmus project is expected to recover approximately 1.65 GSm3 (10. [...]
Mol Norway has had mixed drilling results recently, where the company drilled three high profile exploration wells in the Mandal High area in an attem [...]
Norway is probably the first country in the world where new value is added to data not many people think about very often: cuttings.
Under the umbr [...]
Until 2005, only cement and steel casings were used to seal off formations when abandoning wells. But what about using the sealing capacity of some of [...]
Whilst drilling for additional Frigg satellite accumulations (Frigg GammaDelta) in 1986, well 25/2-10 hit an oil and gas bearing sandstone at around 1 [...]
Equinor is currently drilling 7322/6-1S (Shenzhou), a prospect some 40 km west of Wisting, in an area of the Bjarmeland Platform that has not been exp [...]
Based on an analysis of 40 fields that started production since 2010, Anders Wittemann from Wittemann E&P Consulting (WEPC) concludes that it is p [...]
In a press release issued yesterday, partner OKEA announced that the 15/12-26 well drilled by operator Chrysaor Norge in PL973 targeting the Ilder pro [...]
Following a string of four discoveries that altogether may add up to about 250 MMboe, Equinor and partners Vår Energi (25%), Idemitsu Petroleum (15%) [...]
About three weeks ago, we already reported on the 15/12-26 (Ilder) well, shortly after it had spudded in the Norwegian North Sea. Based on the informa [...]
Operator Equinor, together with partners Vår Energi (25%), Idemitsu Petroleum (15%) and Neptune Energy (15%), has added a unique discovery to the list [...]
Thirty years ago, a geologist from Statoil (now Equinor) concluded that Upper Jurassic source rocks in the Stord Basin may not have generated oil due [...]
In less than two years, Equinor and partners have succeeded in confirming four consecutive oil finds: Echino (65 MMboe recoverable), Swisher (13 – 38 [...]
In a press release issued by Equinor yesterday, the company states that it has found additional volumes worth 19 – 26 million barrels of oil equivalen [...]
Looking at wells drilled in all sectors of the North Sea over the past years, it is clear that near-field or infrastructure-led exploration is now lea [...]
The Heimdal Terrace and the adjacent part of the Utsira High will be the focus of exploration, appraisal and development drilling.
Exploration
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The subsurface of the North Cape Basin in the Barents Sea is full of salt that has formed diapirs in places, even creating overhangs. "Therefore, sign [...]
The Barents Sea can do with a bit of success. Following an unsuccessful three-well campaign where the Spissa, Polmak and Bask exploration wells all tu [...]
The first well of the campaign (15/12-25 - Jerv) was not the success the company and partners OKEA (30%) and Petoro (20%) had hoped for, as it proved [...]
As announced late March, PGNiG is acquiring all of INEOS Group’s oil and gas assets in Norway for a total sum of 615 million USD. Ineos’ portfolio for [...]
The company aims to streamline exploration and development of resources in the greater Alvheim area. [...]
Based on the very low pressure reported in Jerv, it seems reasonable to include the area into the UK Fleming field outline. [...]
No additional side tracks were drilled. [...]
Following on from the success of Røver North, this time Equinor and partners announce the discovery of 75-120 MMboe in Blasto. [...]
Equinor and partners spudded well 34/6-5S in PL554, hoping to add volumes to the Akkar and Garantiana discoveries. [...]
Being one of the positive surprises last year, the company hopes to confirm the volumes found with well 6406/3-10. [...]
After a number of Barents Sea dry holes, Equinor and partners Vår (30%) and Petoro (20%) this week announced the discovery of 31 to 50 MMb of recovera [...]
Equinor has awarded PGS and Shearwater GeoServices framework agreements for 4D towed streamer seismic acquisition on the Norwegian continental shelf ( [...]
CGG announced today phase two of its multi-client 3D survey in the Northern North Sea, which will expand on the phase one acquisition initiated in 202 [...]
Located in the Norwegian Sea, the field that already produced more than 400 MMboe is able to produce yet another 400 MMboe in the years to come. [...]
Situated in between the Warka and Slagugle discoveries, well 6507/4-2S could be the third successful test of the area in less than a year. [...]
When comparing numbers with Norway, the UK seems very quiet, but behind these numbers a more subtle picture emerges. [...]
With an option to also drill a side-track into the so-called West Segment, the company hopes to add up to 25 MMboe. [...]
The North Sea has got such a long exploration history that it is sometimes required to tell that tale in order to put current activity in perspective. [...]
Seven companies have applied for production licenses in the 25th licensing round on the Norwegian shelf. The deadline for applications was 23 February [...]
Pandion Energy shows how data resulting from the Released Wells Initiative can be used to further investigate reservoir quality in the Cara discovery. [...]
With Equinor and partners now drilling the Isflak well in between the Havis and Drivis discoveries, it is thought that the changes of success are quit [...]
As drilling on Dugong is about to resume soon, John Wood looks back at the exploration history of the area north of Snorre. [...]
Through analysing hundreds of cuttings from a single well, depositional history and provenance changes are brought to life with the QEMSCAN technique. [...]
With Mol announcing another dry well in the Mandal High area, there will probably be little appetite to continue exploring. [...]
Not only is the discovery located in a "frontier" part of the basin, the Brent succession in the area is also likely to be different. [...]
Looking at the present-day creaming curve, it will take up to 100 years to find 7 billion barrels. If these barrels are there to be found in the first [...]