Author: Liesbeth Breesch

Premier further develops Catcher area
Premier Oil had a record production in 2018 and plans to sanction Catcher area additions in 2019. [...]

A new look at stranded discoveries
23 relinquished discoveries changed operator in the last licensing round on the NCS. For some o it might be the first step to development. [...]

RockRose expanding in the North Sea
Rockrose Energy is growing. After the take-over of Marathon Oil UK, the company did an unsolicited bid on Independent Oil and Gas, which was rapidly. [...]

Testing Presto on the Måløy Slope
Equinor has spudded well 36/1-3 in the Norwegian North Sea. [...]

Verbier appraisal under way
Equinor has commenced the drilling operations to appraise the Verbier discovery in the UK North Sea. [...]

Oil discovery next to Visund
Equinor discovered 12-28 million barrels of recoverable oil in the Telesto prospect in the Norwegian North Sea. [...]

North Sea production is growing again
Production from the North Sea will enter a new growth cycle over the next 5 years and is expected to grow to around 4.7 million boe/day by 2025. [...]

Marathon Oil exits UK
Marathon Oil sells its whole UK business to Rockrose Energy. [...]

First well on Gjøkåsen is dry
The shallow target in the Gjøkåsen prospect in the southeastern Barents Sea was found dry. [...]

Self-organizing maps to understand geology
In 2 weeks’, time #DigEx 2019 will kick off. Examples of applications of machine learning for the subsurface will be shown. [...]