Sailing Through a Subduction Zone
Floating down the Irrawaddy River is a wonderful way to appreciate both the geological and manmade wonders of Myanmar. Highly oblique convergence where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet has…
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Bangladesh Upstream: Delayed but Not Out
Bangladesh is geologically well positioned to pursue a strategy fuelled by natural gas, but the international Covid situation is causing continued delays; namely to the 2020 licensing round. This Hot…
China’s Deep, Hot, Harsh Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Spur Innovation
The experiences, lessons learned, and best practices of Chinese geoscientists working on difficult hydrocarbon reservoirs can be of benefit to others. In the quest to produce hydrocarbons from China’s famously…
New Technology Supports Oil and Gas Exploration in Timor-Leste
The Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo e Minerais Timor-Leste (ANPM) has invested in the latest data room technology to support ongoing 2nd Licensing Round and future oil and gas exploration in…
India’s CO2 Emissions Fall
According to the environmental website CarbonBrief, India’s CO2 emissions have fallen year-on-year for the first time in 40 years, showing a drop of about 1% in the fiscal year ending…
Oil and gas exploration in The Philippines
Although the Philippines remains very much underexplored, working petroleum systems, proven hydrocarbon accumulations and an energy hungry economy suggest a promising future for oil and gas exploration and production in…
Banda Arc: broadband 2D seismic unlocks frontier area
BandaSeis 2D seismic line locations by phase, and corresponding offshore areas. New broadband imaging reveals prospectivity insights New high quality seismic datasets and a regional prospectivity study bring greater…
A Brief Overview of Gas E&P Activity in the Eastern Mediterranean
This ‘Hot Spot’ feature gives a brief overview of the exploration and production activity of gas in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Eastern Mediterranean theatre has become a pressure point for…
Bringing the geological outcrop to your desk
Staff who may not normally have the opportunity to visit the field will be introduced to field trips through interactive Virtual Reality training. The outcrops selected for this pilot project…
A Resurgence of Oil and Gas Exploration Activity in Azerbaijan
A number of high value prospects in the Azeri sector of the Caspian Sea have piqued the interest of major operators, fostering a resurgence of oil and gas exploration activity…
What lies beneath: unraveling the potential of the East Palawan Basin, Philippines
Map showing the location of the East Palawan data (white), acquired in conjunction with the DOE, TGS and Seabird, overlying the free-air gravity anomaly (relative highs in whites/reds, lows in…
New Insights into the Petroleum Geology of Eastern Indonesia
The implications for hydrocarbons are different from previously interpreted in this new study on the petroleum geology of Eastern Indonesia. Geography of eastern Indonesia with principal tectonic features. Anyone scientifically…