Olje og gass

Olje- og energidepartementet har lyst ut TFO 2015. Det blir 35 nye blokker i Barentshavet og 11 nye blokker i Norskehavet.

Riksrevisjonen mener at oljevirksomheten bør følges opp tettere av myndighetene. Olje- og energidepartementet får kritikk for ikke å bruke alle virkemidlene de har for å sikre økt utvinning fra modne områder.

Examples from recent data acquisition with focus on the Barents Sea are going to be presented and discussed in the half-day seminar next week in Stavanger. Participants meet afterwards downtown Stavanger for a nice evening.

Anders Farestveit, Working Chairman at Magseis, takes a brave look into the future of seismic acquisition for the purpose of providing cheaper and better data in his key note at the Recent Advances in Exploration Technology conference in May.

NPD confirmed Roald Rygg as a gas discovery – as predicted by a majority of the participants in WellBet. However, due to its proximity to Aasta Hansteen and the recent Snefrid North discovery, Roald Rygg may very well be considered a commercial discovery. Comments are welcome.

Nominate your candidate for the Young Petroleum Geoscientist Award until May 1. The winner will fly to a drilling rig on the NCS and spends a day and a night offshore.

Hvordan vil redusert oljevirksomhet påvirke etterspørselen etter geovitere i årene fremover? Prof. emer. Knut Bjørlykke mener vi bør ta en diskusjon om geofagets fremtid i forhold til utdanning og rekruttering.

An innovative method enables a simulator to model migration into thin porous stringers embedded in shales and thus exploits 3-D source-model results at high resolution.

The Young Petroleum Geoscientist Award seeks a young and outstanding talent in Petroleum Geosciences. Starting today, you can suggest potential winners and provide your candidate a chance to visit a drilling rig on the NCS.