Geliga-1 – the gas discovery sourced by sandstones
Today, operator ENI and partner SINOPEC (18%) announced a new giant gas and condensate discovery in the Kutei Basin, offshore East Kalimantan in Indonesia. According to ENI, the new find…
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Conjugate margins in the Indian Ocean
The concept of conjugate margins as a geological model on which to base exploration strategy is well established in the Atlantic, where the extensional plate boundaries and geomorphology are clear…
A big new discovery or a confirmation of what was already known
The Chinese are quite good at issuing press releases at interesting moments, and the one announcing the discovery of 100 M t (around 720 MMbbl) of oil in the Bohai…
Karabash – West Siberia’s new frontier?
The region of Karabash sits in the southern part of Khanty-Mansiysk and Tyumen. Historically, oil and gas developments have been more limited in this part of West Siberia, as the…
One block, one basin
The Thailand Department of Mineral Fuels has just announced a licence round in the Mergui Basin, Andaman Sea. Interestingly, they have decided to license the area as a single massive…
Unlocking the deep offshore potential of the Mahanadi Basin
The eastern Continental Margin of India (ECMI) is a 2,500 km long passive margin that comprises the following peri-cratonic basins from south to north, the Cauvery, Krishna-Godavari, Mahanadi, and Bengal…
Sweetness and light in Oman’s Indian Ocean
Bringing the light to Oman’s India Ocean hydrocarbon-rich future Karyna Rodriguez describes how improved data resolution facilitating new technological inquiry in Oman’s Indian Ocean is turning “flickering shadows on the…
Deep-sea mud trial extraction to begin in 2026
Japan is set to launch test mining of a unique deposit of rare earth element (REE)-rich deposits in an area off the Minami-Torishima Island (Marcus Island) in the Pacific Ocean,…
Drilling deeper for new resources in Uzbekistan
Domestic gas production has rapidly declined in Uzbekistan over the last few years, to the point where the country became a net importer since 2023 to meet demand. This has…
Harnessing AI-driven analytics for subsurface insights in East Coast Peninsular Malaysia
Project structure and objectives The initiative was divided into two major tasks: Task One – Integration of PETRONAS myPROdata with EarthNET The objective was to enable seamless data integration and…
India – Andaman Islands – drilling update
In late September, Oil India (OIL) announced the presence of gas recovered during intermittent flow on testing at its Vijaya Puram-2 well in the offshore eastern Andaman block AN-OSHP-2018/1, with…
Exploring young petroleum systems comes with risks
Any exploration well carries risk, and ultimately, it is the drill bit that will either prove or disprove a play concept. In South Korea’s Ulleung Basin, despite the presence of…