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2022 Update

SoleGeo Sarl was dissolved in 2017 but I continued in 2018 part as an independent consultant working for some months still in a geophysical advising role in a geothermal project in Belgium, using 3rd party processing and interpretation software.

As occasionally still conducting geoscience training courses, I also reached the age of formal retirement, although I will never say definitively goodbye to a profession I had always loved making part of it.

I have appreciated having spent more than 40 years in a broad variety of roles in geosciences and together with so many great colleagues with various characters and backgrounds, but I recently moved to Nice in Southern France, now overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, actually making plans for sailing trips in 2022 starting April between the Faroe’s, Norway and more Southern destinations.

I have been and will always remain an explorer.

Bon vent,

Paul de Beukelaar

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Seismic Reprocessing Services 2016

In 2014 we started to offer re-processing of seismic data to one of your clients. This had been very well received as prior to successful seismic interpretation.

It is mandatory for somewhat older 2D seismic lines and 3D cubes to improve the signal-to-noise level and resolution limit. This will mostly boost interpretation quality at focused reservoir target levels as a consequence. Lifting data quality according to better standards is a must, making it generally also worth to carry-out modern QI and seismic attribute techniques on POSTSTACK data.

In particular by applying PRESTACK data-analyses, modelling, data conditioning, velocity screening and pattern recognition techniques we deliver not only better imaged data after stack, but also might use the full data content, wave propagation phenomena and derived elastic/ fluid parameters that otherwise would be lost in the stacking process. It is mandatory not to waste companies money with expensive interpretation staff or consultants working on seismic data as the adagium of “garbish in-garbish out” still applies.

Solegeo collaborates with a small team of seismic data processing specialists who  could easily accommodate this pre-interpretation workload in a very short time span.

We use to work with latest release of FOCUS (Paradigm Geo) and PRESTACKPRO (Sharp Reflections) software that run on fast CPU clusters and mobile work stations.

We offer a first one-to-two week re-processing test on a subset of your 2D or 3D seismic data for free in showing the potential of data improvement.

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The Faroe Islands – the next great scandinvian destination: Geological field trips 2016

4-Days Geological Field Trips to be organised by SoleGeo during the last week of July and the first week of August 2016.
If you are interested in participation please contact : info@solegeo.com

Be inspired

Geology of the Faroe Islands

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Understand the oil price during 2015 and adapt your strategy for 2016 and beyond

For all we have worked with last 15 years, colleagues and friends, it is extremely important to think about our world energy supply and what we should do to create a better and more stable world next 5 to 10 years. Look beyond our own expertise and understand the power struggle of companies, nations and organisations like OPEC. The following video from a Dutch team explains this very clearly (With thanks to Job Bos, Oscar Vermeer, Inge van Beek-Roosen, Luc Hartmann en Hein Maas). Watch on vimeo here (2021: Video doesn’t exist anymore on Vimeo).

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Prospex Conference 2015

Business Design Centre, Islington-London, 9-10 December 2015.

In parallel of all technical exposure we noticed an atmosphere of uncertainty during the PROSPEX show and presentations. Some conservative British even fled in nostalgia, making a phone call to yesterday (see first Figure), as others continued using even better and faster smartphones preparing tomorrow.=

How much would be the impact of the global downturn on our industry?
No decisions, divestment, consolidations, budget restrictions, low oil-prices, cost-cuttings, layoffs, etc.etc. No fun at all.

! ! Recessionary periods often act as fertile incubators for newborn ideas with innovative new technologies and business models, in part because they clear room in markets by culling weaker participants.

SoleGeo does not have the disadvantage of conservatism, high running costs, being pessimistic about the future, simply we are flexible and can adapt to changes by better listening and understanding our present and future clients.

In our survey of several companies, listening to individuals and detecting moods during the conference, we enjoyed making good observations and listening to all around, those who presented a paper and those willing to exchange a few words in and around the booths on the exhibition floor.

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ONS 2014 Stavanger

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Barents Sea Exploration

In preparation of the 22nd open round in Norway, SoleGeo has acquired extensive experience during the year 2012 of regional and detailed mapping in the Western-Barents Sea. It is our continuous ambition supporting any exclusive operating or non-operating partner willing to acquire or extend its existing license portfolio, as well further to the North and/or to the East (Norway and Russia). We also carry out special studies using cutting edge geophysical techniques supporting your applications.

After participating in e.g. an Ichron Workshop and Fugro´s annual Geological excursion-and Field trip to Spitsbergen in August 2012 we are ready to assist you in geological-petrophysical and geophysical investigations as good as we can and as good as we are.

We offer exclusive studies to be carried out, inhouse or in our own premises, using the accumulated knowledge of key-experts and latest 2D-3D seismic data, well – petrophysical databases, and most of all fresh and unique insight in most likely play types at different “depth-and risk” levels.

Our preferred partner recognises the importance of underlying inspiration, considering unknown angles of
view and making both sudden as well growing contributions to future discoveries.

Hesitation between confirmed/conformist and unheard/non-conformist point of views, proven and risky approaches may co-exist before good decisions next to be taken. Communication is not something to expect from others, but something to stimulate all time to ourselves and to others most closely concerned.
Our Success is not only based on growing experience and privileged  scientific information, but also on team spirit, individual creativity,  flexibility and a good health of all that work together.
In steering the above factors, constantly optimizing the methods, motivating staff and finding best
matches and opportunities, then successes for any organisation and their investors are much likely to happen on the mid-and long term.

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Geitungen 2012


Avaldsnes/Aldous/Geitingen fields all together now called “Johan Sverdrup”

Statoil has made an oil discovery in the Geitungen prospect on Utsira High in the North Sea together with partners Petoro, Det norske oljeselskap and Lundin.

Exploration well 16/2-12 drilled by the drilling rig Ocean Vanguard has proven a 35 metre oil column in a high quality reservoir dating from the Jurassic period. Statoil estimates the volumes in Geitungen to be between 140 and 270 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents (o.e.).

Oil was also proven in the basement rocks. This is regarded as a possible upside in connection with the development of the area/discovery.

“A new oil discovery in the Johan Sverdrup area, in the mature part of the North Sea reinforces Statoil’s faith in the exploration potential of the Norwegian continental shelf, and demonstrates that we deliver on our strategy of revitalising the NCS with high value barrels,” says Gro Haatvedt, senior vice president exploration Norway in Statoil.

Geitungen was drilled approximately three kilometres north of the Johan Sverdrup discovery and was defined as a separate prospect in the licence PL 265. Well data indicate that there probably is communication between the two discoveries.

“The Geitungen discovery will be included in the on-going development work for the Johan Sverdrup field. The discovery should therefore be seen in relation with the on-going appraisal program in Johan Sverdrup to narrow down the volume range and uncertainty”, says Øivind Reinersten, Statoil VP for Johan Sverdrup field development.

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Svalbard fieldtrip

See the Svalbard brochure: click here (opens in new tab in pdf)

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Upside Avaldsnes/ Johann Sverdrup, 2012-2013

Well 16/2-6 (Avaldsnes) proved oil in a 17 meter column in sandstones of the Draupne (Upper Jurassic) and Hugin Formation (Middle Jurassic). The reservoir has exceptionally good reservoir properties and production tests show very good flow properties. A statement by well 16/2-6 in 2010 wrote NPD discovery in PL 501 contains at least 100 million barrels of recoverable oil, and that it has an upside of nearly 400 million barrels.

In the summer of 2011, Statoil drilled 16/2-8 (Aldous) and showed the well that the two prospects hang together. Aldous and Avaldsnes together are now called the Johan Sverdrup oil field.

Located 140 kilometers west of the Stavanger‘s coast line, by 110 meters water depth and 2000 meters total depth.

Lundin´s drilling activity in PL501 and Statoil’s wells in the adjacent PL265 revealed that the two licences contained a gigantic contiguous oil field with excellent reservoir quality. Today, the giant oil field Johan Sverdrup is estimated within a very broad range of billion of barrels of oil equivalent, ranking it in the top five in terms of largest oil discoveries ever made on the Norwegian shelf. Moreover, this was, by far, the largest oil discovery made anywhere in the world in 2010.

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