WEP internal High Angle Hole Cleaning training

May 2019, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands On the 8th of May WEP organized an internal high angle hole cleaning training. The training was given by WEP’s Operations manager Peter Hoving. Peter Hoving is an experienced all-round well Engineer with 30+ years Shell experience who has worked in the Netherlands, UK, Canada, and Kuwait. The training covered […]

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Dutch candidates for IGA board and why this is essential

May 2019, Hoogeveen, The Netherlands The IGA (International Geothermal Association) will soon be choosing a new main board. From the Netherlands, we nominate two candidates as Platform Geothermie (Dutch association for Geothermal Energy): Bob Harskamp (Well Engineering Partners) and Jelle Wielenga (Lloyds Register). Platform Geothermie is delighted that they have made themselves available. The IGA […]

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With geothermal to a natural gas free future

April 2019, Utrecht, The Netherlands The fact that such a large part of the Netherlands is still a white spot on the map of geothermal heat, is since oil or gas industry has hardly drilled in these regions in the past, and a few seismic profiles are available. The so-called Rotliegend formation forms the subsoil […]

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Review of well planning process of a European energy company

March 2019, Austria A European energy company headquartered in Austria requested Well Engineering Partners B.V. (WEP) to conduct a high level independent review of their well planning process. The main focus was on the cost estimation process and cost estimation done for their upcoming planned wells. The scope of the review was to review: The […]

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