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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Asia

One of the most prospective undrilled areas in the world

Ian Cross, Moyes & Co
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

Ronny Setså
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…

A shallow gas find sealed by gas hydrates

Henk Kombrink
When I was a PhD stu­dent, 20 years ago, a seasoned geologist told me that the en­ergy transition was not so much a tran­sition, but a shift towards tapping into…

Joining the race

Henk Kombrink
When looking at activities when it comes to the development of deep-sea mining technology and the licensing aspects of it, it is easy to be drawn to the news around…

Oman – beneath the surface

Madeleine Slatford, NVentures
Much has been written, including in this mag­azine, about the fan­tastic outcrop geology of Oman, the wonderful exposure, the preservation of salt at surface in the arid climate, and the…

A frontrunner in deep-sea minerals

Ronny Setså
The Norwegian deep-sea mineral community closely followed the talks from Nagase Kunpei and Kiyotaka Orita of the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) during the Deep Sea Minerals…

Returning exploration to Sri Lanka

Thomas L. Davis and Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake
Sri Lanka is enduring the worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. Its economy has been on a general downward trend since 2018, shrank by nearly 8 % in…

Orpheus in the Mialara Sub-Basin

Karyna Rodrigues, Lauren Found and Neil Hodgson, Searcher
Searcher’s Philippines 2D seismic. East of Eden: The Mialara basin, the Philippines’ last low-risk frontier for exploration greatness Arguably the first subterranean explorer to return from the untrodden lands below…

Basement plays rock in China

Ian Cross – Moyes & Co
Over recent years,  a number of significant oil and gas offshore discoveries and successful appraisal programmes have been reported in China, even though it is often unclear if the “discoveries”…