The jewel in the crown
The Philippines’ upstream sector is seeing a resurgence, bolstered by Prime Energy’s successful wells at Malampaya East-1 and Camago-3 just ahead of the recent SEAPEX Conference and Exhibition in Manila.…
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Japex’ hopes to prove commercial gas offshore Japan down following completion of exploration well in Hidaka Trough
Japex completed an offshore exploration campaign in the Hidaka Trough last week, a tectonically active foreland basin in the north of Japan. The well, drilled at a water depth of…
Japan retrieves rare-earth-rich mud from 6,000 m in deep-sea’s first
Japan has successfully retrieved sediment containing rare earth elements (REE) from the seabed off Minami-Torishima Island in the Pacific Ocean, some 1,900 km south-east of Tokyo. At nearly 6,000 m…
Carbon capture and mineralisation pilots in the Middle East
44.01 named their company after the mass of the molecule that is central to their business: Carbon Dioxide. They use CO2 captured from industry or the atmosphere and dissolve it…
Eni’s success in the Kutei Basin continues
Eni announced a major gas discovery at the Geliga-1 wildcat in the Ganal block, offshore Indonesia’s Kutei Basin in April 2026. The well, approximately 70km offshore, is estimated to contain…
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…
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…