Iran – not at a standstill
Iran is one of those countries you normally don’t hear a lot from. This is obviously exacerbated by the USA sanctions that are still in place and prevent the exchange…
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Iran to finally start producing helium
Redrawn after IHS Energy and Google Earth. Iran is set to join the exclusive group of helium-producing countries. With the launch of its pilot project to extract and purify helium…
Indonesia bid round push continues
In Asia Pacific, Malaysia has been arguably the most successful country in promoting its exploration and development opportunities over the past few years, with the vast majority of its acreage…
Large hydrogen seep found in the Philippines
The natural gas seeps at Mount Chimaera in Turkey have been known since antiquity. They are easily recognisable due to the constant burning of methane and hydrogen gas that seeps…
Action in Andaman
Before taking a dive into the past, recent and future exploration activity in the Andaman Sea, it is good to take note of an important above-ground advantage of the area.…
The home of the world’s first deep-water gas development
Following World War II, a number of US-companies drilled onshore but never found anything commercial despite the presence of surface seeps. Fortunes changed in the 1970s with Cities Service making…
Can Oman engineer a subsurface hydrogen kitchen?
Exploration for geological hydrogen has taken off over the past few years. However, nothing close to a major success case has been reported yet. Companies such as Gold Hydrogen in…
Major new oil discovery in Cuu Long Basin Vietnam
Murphy Oil announced on 7th January that the Hai Su Vang-1X offshore exploration well, in block 15-2/17, Cuu Long Basin, has discovered oil. The well was spud in late September…
The injected CO2 that went missing
It is always good to speak to people at conferences and hear what is going on. That is how I learned about a CO2 storage project that took place in…
Play-based exploration methods used to find natural hydrogen
Ophiolites, consisting of obducted oceanic crust, form a logical candidate to explore for hydrogen because the process of serpentinization, which is common in olivine-rich rocks, results in the generation of…
One of the most prospective undrilled areas in the world
When it comes to licensing rounds in the Asia-Pacific region, the undoubted success in recent years has been Petronas, which has set an industry standard for attracting serious and substantial…
China’s showing its muscles in the deep sea
China has reached a significant milestone in the field of deep-sea mining with the successful trial of its Kaituo 2 (Pioneer 2) vehicle in the Western Pacific Ocean. During the…