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Interest from majors shows that Bangladesh is still on the exploration map

Thomas Davis, Geologist, Ventura (California), and Badrul Imam, University of Dhaka

May 29, 2023

Gas is the dominant energy source for power generation in Bangladesh; it has fuelled the nation’s rapid economic growth during the last several decades. However, dwindling domestic production, mostly from…

Geothermal energy production can be profitable

Henk Kombrink

April 5, 2023

“It kept me in the job”, said Elliot Yearsley when asked about scale and corrosion in geothermal wells by a participant during the recent Seapex Conference in Singapore. Yearsley had…

“It’s the amplitude anomalies that brought us back”

Henk Kombrink

April 4, 2023

“When I prepared the slides for this talk”, said Nick Comrie-Smith from Harbour Energy during his presentation at the Seapex Conference in Singapore early March, “I considered the title “Shooting…

Indonesia – now is the right time to look into underground gas storage potential

Edison Sirodj

February 13, 2023

Indonesia is heavily reliant on gas for a variety of purposes. This is particularly true for Java, which is the most densely populated island of the Indonesian archipelago, and which…

“All the Beautiful Domes”

Quentin Morton

January 23, 2023

Royal Dutch Shell owed its origins to Indonesia, formerly known as the Dutch East Indies. Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java, and parts of Borneo (Kalimantan) and New…

The gateway to India: OALP-IX offers industry access to East India’s extraordinary hydrocarbon basins

Guest Author

December 19, 2022

Accessing a seat at the L0w-carbon energy table on India’s Eastern Margin In June 2022, the DGH India announced the OALP Bid Round IX (2022/3) Licence Round which includes 9…

Myanmar oil and gas exploration, delayed but not forgotten

Thomas Davis

December 5, 2022

In 2015, Duncan Witts described Myanmar as “one of the World’s current hotspots for oil and gas exploration…”. Forward to 2022, exploration and foreign investment have significantly declined due to…

Attention for Andaman

Ian Cross

November 29, 2022

In Southeast Asia, industry attention in recent months has been very much focused on the deep-water Indonesian portion of the Andaman Sea. This is a consequence of the Harbour Energy…

NE Mongolia (Tamtsag Basin) Block XX exploitation licence

Mike Lakin, Envoi Ltd

July 19, 2022

Upstream projects for the global transition A Mongolian opportunity with local markets, appraisal/development and exploration upside, and generating fewer emissions than coal. Whether the world likes it or not,…

Offshore Oman: stunning hydrocarbon geology from a closing ocean

Neil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriquez: Searcher; Julia Davies, Peter Hoiles: Discover Geoscience; Dr. Saleh A Al Anboori: MEM

June 19, 2022

Location map showingposition of composite line. Searcher. Offshore Oman Unexplored and tantalisingly prospective. The Eastern Oman Mountains are widely known as an ophiolite range of rugged and dramatic beauty,…

India – an Unprecedented Opportunity

Jane Whaley

January 6, 2022

Recent exploration successes have fueled interest in the Indian hydrocarbon industry. With the economy booming and a vibrant, young, well-educated workforce, this may be a good time to investigate the…

Timor-Leste: Exploration Renaissance

Brought to you in association with NVentures

December 19, 2021

Insight into the current hydrocarbon exploration potential and activity in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste: Exploration Renaissance The island of Timor-Leste between Indonesia and Australia is the subject of some intense scrutiny these…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective