Will Europe become a significant green hydrogen producer?
Negligible chances for extensive production of cost-effective green hydrogen in Europe Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the impetus for a rapid clean energy transition has never been stronger. This position was confirmed by the European Commission’s (EC) REPowerEU initiative, a plan to phase out Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels before 2030 and to […]
Can LNG replace Russian gas as a source of energy for Europe?
Europe’s double standards in securing LNG shipments Natural gas is the cleanest fossil fuel; its CO2 emissions are about half of that of coal and just one-third of brown coal emissions. Replacing coal with gas reduces total emissions by hundreds of millions of tonnes annually in Europe. Consequently, natural gas is widely used for heating, cooling, […]
Who drills the longest horizontal wells in the world?
Please note that the original version of this paper was written on 31st of July, 2017 before Maersk Oil was acquired by Total Energies. In May of 2008, Maersk Oil Qatar completed drilling its BD-04A – a horizontal well with a staggering length of 35,770 ft MDRT. It was reported that this well set […]
To outsource or not to outsource?
Is the oil & gas industry shooting itself in the foot with this outsourcing strategy? Recently I came across an article “What and when you should not outsource” (Outsourcing Law, 2019) which made me think about the long-lasting trend of the upstream oil and gas industry to outsource geosteering services. Hiring a contractor to “do […]
What should geosteerers include in their CV and cover letter?
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Past, present and the future of the Ukrainian fuel sector
The origins of the fuel crisis and analysis of the viable support options during and post the Russian aggression There are a few reasons for the current fuel crisis in the Ukraine, which reflects itself in the massive shortage of this good in the country.1 The country’s pre-aggression fuel demand (do not mistake with the […]
Fully Understanding Sustainability & Its Impact on the Future
CEO and founder of GeoModes, Piotr Przybylo, spoke to Green.Org about the importance of fully understanding what sustainability means and its impact. Hi Piotr, could you tell us a little bit about your background? I have spent my entire professional career working for the energy industry across four continents and 12 different countries getting to […]
The Real Financial Cost of Nord Stream 2
Economic sensitivity analysis of the alternatives to the offshore pipeline In any economic analysis of Nord Stream 2 the first question to be considered is the actual cost of the project. Over the last couple of years, a variety of publications have provided widely differing cost projections. The recent data suggest that Nord Stream […]
Introducing Geosteer Well On Paper
How the planning phase can foreshadow geosteering failure Introducing Geosteer Well On Paper. The success of any geosteering process is determined at the planning stage. This article will present the most crucial aspects of well planning which directly impact the effectiveness and efficiency of the geosteering process while drilling. These critical matters, often overlooked […]
Why Collaboration has a higher impact on business performance than technology
Solutions for improving a geosteering teams’ performance Geosteering requires sophisticated technologies, access to relevant data (streamed real time data and model derived data) and most importantly, collaboration of geosteering team members. Whilst the first two components of geosteering have broadly been described, analysed in depth and their impact on the geosteering final outcome evaluated in […]
Well Navigation Process
Application of traffic light communication system and target changing methods in geosteering Well Navigation Process. For all geosteering approaches, what is precisely known is limited and sporadically located along the wellbore trajectory. When geosteering is required, there is no substitute for geologic and engineering knowledge of the area being drilled, the critical ability to […]
Geosteering: The Past and The Future
Application of digital situational awareness in geosteering Conventional geosteering becomes more complex, faster and requires more data in real-time. This puts an incredible amount of pressure on geosteerers as their decisions need to be taken in a shorter amount of time, need to be more precise and require from him/her analysis of a larger amount […]