November 4, 2026 ➡️ The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has just announced the results of the “Jotun Deep” wildcat well in the Heimdal area of the North Sea. The well was dry. ➡️ The well targeted the Statfjord FM reservoirs in the Late Triassic – Early Jurassic. The targeted reservoirs were
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October 30, 2026. NCS Exploration Drilling Updates – October 30, 2026👏 Since my last update – 2 wells (1 wildcat, 1 appraisal) started drilling operations, and 4 wells (2 wildcats, 2 appraisal) concluded drilling operations. Currently, 2 exploration wells are being drilled on the NCS👏. Details..⤵️ ➡️ Active Wells: –
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October 30, 2026. ➡️ Structural Control on Depositional Processes – that was the title of the recent, 2-day technical seminar by FORCE – held on October 13-14, 2026 (see featured image). 👏 The seminar was organised by the “structural geology” and the “sedimentology and stratigraphy” network groups. 👏 ➡️ I also
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Updated October 20, 2026. ➡️ A minor gas condensate discovery has been made by Vår Energi and partner (Equinor) in the Halten Terrace area of the Norwegian Sea 👏. The wildcat well (Lakris prospect) found gas condensate in the secondary target (Lower Jurassic Tilje Formation). The primary target (Cretaceous Nise Formation) failed to find
October 14, 2026. ➡️ New oil and gas discovery by Equinor and partners in the Oseberg area of the North Sea.👏 ➡️ The wildcat (Grimsnes discovery well) found 54 metres hydrocarbon column (39-m gas and 15-m oil) in the Tarbert Formation within the Brent Group.👏 Reservoir quality was moderate to good.👏 Current
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Updated September 30, 2026. NCS Exploration Drilling Updates – September 30, 2026👏 Since my last update, one (1) new wildcat started drilling operations and one (1) appraisal well concluded drilling operations. Currently, four (4) exploration wells are being drilled on the NCS👏. Details..⤵️ ➡️ Active Wells: – Well 30/8-7 S:
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Updated September 22, 2026. ➡️ A Strategic Exploration Collaboration on the NCS! 👏 ➡️ The recent announcement of a Strategic Exploration Collaboration (by Equinor, AkerBP, and Vår Energi) validates everything I’ve been writing about for some time, and it’s good to see that some actions are finally being taken.👏 Whether it’s in
Updated September 18, 2026. ➡️ The Alpehumle gas discovery well was recently announced by Aker BP ASA in the Måloy Slope area of the North Sea (PL 1153).👏 👉 The prolific Agat play, sourced by deeply-buried Jurassic source rocks (Draupne & Heather FM) in the Sogn Graben, was one of my recommended plays
Updated September 17, 2026. ➡️ The Upper Jurassic (Draupne FM) play (Brae analogue) of the South Viking Graben (SVG) delivers again!!. 👉 A new gas/condensate discovery was recently announced by Equinor and Aker BP ASA in the South Viking Graben (SVG) area of the North Sea.👏 Linga discovery well is another Upper Jurassic
Updated September 1, 2026. NCS Exploration Drilling Updates – August 31, 2026👏 Since my last update, 3 new wells (2 wildcats, 1 appraisal) have started drilling operations. Two (2) wildcats have also concluded drilling operations. Currently, four (4) exploration wells are being drilled on the NCS👏. Details..⤵️ ➡️ Active Wells: –
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