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HyTerra hits hydrogen – but will it be like a soda going flat? - GeoExpro

1 week ago | geoexpro.com | Henk Kombrink

Natural hydrogen exploration is currently a hot topic, but few companies have advanced from initial exploration to the drilling stage. HyTerra is one notable exception. This week, the company drilled the Sue Duroche #3 exploration well in Kansas, USA, where they discovered concentrations up to 96.1% hydrogen. This finding is not entirely surprising, as the well is located just 200m north of the Sue Duroche #2 well, a hydrocarbon exploration well that found over 90% hydrogen in 2008 already.
And all the while, hydrocarbons are transitioning away from us

2 weeks ago | geoexpro.com | Henk Kombrink

”It’s the hope that keeps us here,” wrote Neil Hodgson and the Searcher team this week. He alluded to those promising ultra-deepwater fields that are about to be discovered. Hope also filtered through in the words of some people this week as they commented on the news of an agreement reached in the Netherlands between the government, state oil and gas company EBN and the Dutch industry association Element NL to produce more gas from the offshore.
Not-so-hot volcanic rocks in Saudi Arabia

4 weeks ago | geoexpro.com | Marzena Pyteraf |Henk Kombrink

This in what a team of researchers concluded in a paper published in the journal Geothermics this year. It must have been a bit of a surprise to find very modest heat flows and no sign of an active geothermal system at all, despite a thick succession of basalts. It wasn’t the oldest basalts either. The team drilled a total of three wells to a depth of 1,000 m.
Iran – not at a standstill - GeoExpro

1 month ago | geoexpro.com | Marzena Pyteraf |Henk Kombrink

Red city of Abyaneh in Iran near Isfahan. Photography: pop_gino via Adobe Stock. It is easy to focus on the oil and gas exploration hotspots of the world, where news around discoveries or the completion of a dry hole is guaranteed for attention from those following the industry. But what about areas that do not feature in the news that much? Iran is one of those countries you normally don’t hear a lot from.
Can we stop exploring?

1 month ago | geoexpro.com | Henk Kombrink

“Why would we still explore for oil and gas?” asked René Jonk from ACT GEO at the end of his talk for the Geoscience Energy Society of Great Britain this week. René, a seasoned explorer and geologist, put this question to the audience after giving an overview of how exploration over the past decades has also depended on elements of luck. The discovery of the Golden Lane in the Suriname-Guyana Basin is an example of luck.
This may be a reason why Woodside decided not to farm in to PEL 87 in Namibia

1 month ago | geoexpro.com | Henk Kombrink

Almost a month ago, Sintana Energy “broke” the news that Australian major Woodside decided not to exercise its right to farm into Licence PEL 87 in Namibian waters, north of the Mopane discovery. The decision did not cause a lot of stir, possibly because it was not a relinquishment as such.
Libya’s oil and gas renaissance

1 month ago | geoexpro.com | Henk Kombrink

Libya, long regarded as one of Africa’s most geologically rich petroleum provinces, is re-emerging with renewed focus and ambition. After years of underinvestment, geopolitical instability, and widespread field shut-ins, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) is actively working to reposition the country as a key energy partner on the global stage, underpinned by ambitious production growth targets.
How interested is Eavor in sharing drilling results of the Geretsried project?

1 month ago | geoexpro.com | Marzena Pyteraf |Henk Kombrink

If I fail to hear back from companies when enquiring for information about a project, I mostly decide not to write about it at all. But in the case of Eavor, I think it is worth dedicating a piece to it. An article in the Merkur newspaper in Germany namely suggested that changes had been made to the drilling program, but details were not disclosedFirst of all, we asked the drilling company involved, KCA Deutag, if they could share some information about the project.
How AI helps democratize seismic interpretation

1 month ago | geoexpro.com | Marzena Pyteraf |Henk Kombrink

“The times of gurus telling younger staff how to plough through a seismic volume and what to interpret is over,” says Herman van Nieuwoudt from Bluware. Herman started as the company’s President in November last year, after a long career mainly with Baker Hughes in which he spent time in numerous countries across the world. “With the current advance of how specialists can interact with interpretation software, such as the InteractivAI tool we have been developing, everybody can do the job quickly.
Preventing scaling in geothermal production wells

1 month ago | geoexpro.com | Marzena Pyteraf |Henk Kombrink

The Munich area in Germany is lucky when it comes to its geothermal potential. There is a good Upper Jurassic carbonate reservoir at the right depth, and the water composition is also favourable when it comes to scaling and corrosion. “However, even though we don’t have the same challenges with scaling as projects have elsewhere, we still face them,” says Benedikt Broda from Stadtwerke München (SWM).