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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Updated July 30, 2026. NCS Exploration Drilling Updates – July 30, 2026👏 Since my last update, 2 new wells (1 wildcat, 1 appraisal) have started drilling operations. Currently, 3 exploration wells are being drilled on the NCS👏. Details..⤵️ ➡️ Active Wells: – Well 15/6-17: Wildcat well by AkerBP in
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Updated July 1, 2026. NCS Exploration Drilling Updates – June 30, 2026👏 Since my last update, one appraisal well has concluded drilling operations. Currently, two exploration wildcat wells are being drilled on the NCS👏. Details..⤵️ ➡️ Active Wells: – Well 7220/5-EC-2 H: Wildcat well by Equinor in the Johan Castberg
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APA 2026 Recommended Plays and Play Areas on the NCS (North Sea Basin) 👉 Download a copy here APA 2026 Project – North Sea Basin . 👉 Contact me for
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Updated May 31, 2026. NCS Exploration Drilling Updates – May 29, 2026👏 Since my last update, one (1) new wildcat well has started drilling. Currently, two exploration wells are being drilled on the NCS👏 (Fig. 1). Details..⤵️ ➡️ Active Wells: – Well 25/7-13: Wildcat well by Equinor in the
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January 31, 2026. The influence of preexisting or underlying structural features or framework on the development of sedimentary processes, depositional pathways, and facies distribution is well known and documented in various research articles / literatures. It is an important concept for hydrocarbon exploration and forms a piece of work that must be established
**Updated on October 29, 2025 – NCS Exploration Drilling Updates – Oct. 27, 2025👏 Since my last update, 4 new wells have started drilling and 3 wells have concluded drilling. Currently, a total of seven (7) exploration wells are being drilled on the NCS👏. Details..⤵️ ➡️ Active Wells – – Well 7122/7-8: Wildcat
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It’s great to have the new Omega Merge OBN dataset in the North Sea area of the NCS.🎉👏 ➡️ Of course, having a single, merged dataset is important and vital for conducting regional assessment versus postage stamp exploration work👏… and it’s good to see that, – pre-migration matching was done to ensure consistency in
Here’s a recap of my recommended plays and play areas for APA2025 in the North Sea 👏. Feel free to contact me for more details and supporting data…⤵️ – North Sea ➡️ Injectites plays – Opportunities exist for Paleocene – Eocene Injectite plays beyond the recent corridor of discoveries in the Northern North
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