Burma: Bid rounds both onshore and offshore
Myanmar, or Burma as it was previously known, is a south-east Asian country covering a total land area of approximately 678,500 km2 flanked by India and Bangladesh to the west, Thailand…
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Will Lebanon be the next oil province?
MegaSurvey Key to Understanding Prospectivity The Ministry of Energy and Water of the Republic of Lebanon opened their first bid round on 2 May 2013 with a closing date of…
Central Asia: Cutting Edge Technology in Frontier Exploration
Central Asia represents an exciting frontier for oil exploration, from sub-salt to sub-thrust exploration. The region remains a hive of activity, boasting some of the largest oil and gas fields…
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: A Turbidite Paradise
Kota Kinabalu, the largest town in Sabah, Borneo, is a rapidly developing urban centre and a tourist attraction in South East Asia. To the geologist, this part of Sabah is…
Kuala Lumpur – A Piece of Asia
Although sited a long way from Malaysia’s oil and gas producing regions, the vibrant, exciting city of Kuala Lumpur is the centre of the country’s hydrocarbon industry, as it is…
Crowns of Nature: The Majestic Landscape of Guilin
A landscape of harmony and peace, with scenery made for poetry and romance: the majestic karst landscape of the north-east Guangxi Zhuang Region in south-west China is one of nature’s…
Eastern Mediterranean – The hot new exploration region
Looking offshore The Eastern Mediterranean has been one of the largest commercial and trading hubs of the entire EAME region for many centuries. More recently, during the last 20 years,…
Drilling Uphill
In Brunei, Shell has an ongoing programme drilling into the reservoir from below. Drilling, completing and producing an upside-down well, however, poses a number of interesting questions. The independent Sultanate…
Miri 1910
In 1910, now 100 years ago, the Shell/Royal Dutch Group drilled the first discovery well in Miri, Sarawak. This oil discovery changed the face of Miri from a small fishery…
An Unusual Route to success
A move from Drilling Fluids Engineering to Human Resources allowed Jatinder Peters to rise to one of the highest levels in ONGC – and gave her the opportunity to encourage…
Cepu Block, Java
The surprising discovery of some 600MMbo of oil in Tertiary carbonates in a mature basin has vitalized the Indonesian oil industry. The Cepu oil-and-gas block on Java Island is one…
China Embraces Geoparks
To safeguard their geological heritage, China has established a network of National Geoparks; important geological sites that provide essential information for understanding the Earth’s processes and evolution. China embraces Geopark