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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Asia

Syria – opening up again

Ian Cross, Moyes & Co
In May 2025, the US Treas­ury eased most sanctions on Syria, followed by the easing of restrictions by the UK and EU. While sig­nificant hurdles still remain, oil and gas…

Investing in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Tako Koning, Geological Consultant
Condor Energies (“Con­dor”) is a Canadian, Cal­gary-based, publicly listed (Toronto Stock Exchange) energy transition company focused on Central Asia. The company has distin­guished itself by building significant operations in KazakhstanKazakhstan…

Drilling around mud diapirs

Henk Kombrink
Mud diapirs have long been enigmatic struc­tures in the subsurface. With older seismic data being of insufficient resolution to properly map them, companies often took a careful approach when it…

India to auction first offshore mineral blocks

Ronny Setså
India’s Ministry of Mines has announced that the country is en­tering offshore mineral production for the first time in its nearly 75-year history. This initiative aligns with India’s vision of…

Iran – not at a standstill

Henk Kombrink
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…

Iran to finally start producing helium

Mariël Reitsma, HRH Geology
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

Jonathan Craig, NVentures
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

Mariël Reitsma, HRH Geology
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

Andy Racey and Andy Taylor, with contributions from Ian Cross, Moyes & Co, Jamie Higton, Westwood Global Energy, Mike Whibley, Naga Api Resources and Rob Chambers, Holt Energy Advisors
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

Ian Cross, Moyes & Co
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…