Singapore – Slings, Storage and Success
A small, crowded, vibrant island – where there are few barriers if there is money to be made. As you sip an incredibly overpriced Singapore Sling in the famous Raffles…
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Cairn Discovers Gas Offshore Sri Lanka
Cairn Lanka, a subsidiary of Cairn India, has struck gas in the offshore Gulf of Mannar Basin between Sri Lanka and the southern tip of peninsular India. ter a successful…
Along the Yangtze river
Approaching Chóngqìng Airport from the air, you fly in over the valley alongside the city for what feels like forever. The whole place appears to be balancing on several mountains,…
The South China Sea enigma
The South China Sea (SCS), which spans from Singapore and the Malacca Strait in the south to the Strait of Taiwan in the north, and from Borneo and the Philippines…
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…
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…