Malaysia’s bid to turnaround the decline in its ageing petroleum reserves has exceeded expectations thanks to a series of major discoveries offshore Sarawak.

Despite a challenging political situation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea offers relatively low cost, low risk exploration opportunities, with nearby energy-hungry markets.

What effect will the new modernizing president have on the oil and gas industry in Indonesia?

With its vast shale gas resources proving harder to access than anticipated, China is looking to Russian gas to satisfy its rising demand.

As explorers in Asia Pacific undertake the search for high-cost deepwater-targets, global production levels remain high and oil prices slump. This article investigates the impact on these deepwater projects.

The fault blocks of the Kutch Basin in western India offer to the visitor a unique opportunity to observe the Jurassic-Cretaceous-Paleogene sediments rarely outcropping anywhere else on the Western Indian continental margin. A visit to Kutch also gives an opportunity to view and enjoy the rich cultural traditions and handicrafts of western India.

Mongolia’s oil and gas E&P sector has been characterized by, well, not very much - up until now.

Turkey revises 60-year-old law in a bid to attract investment for exploration

Harry Matchette-Downes describes a trek to the summit of the volcano Rinjani, on Lombok, Indonesia, and down to the shores of its crater lake.

The Mesozoic Central Caspian province lies between the great hydrocarbon provinces of the South Caspian Basin and the Precaspian Basin. We take a look at the petroleum systems of this underexplored area.

Hailed as the largest oil field discovered in the last four decades, the Kashagan field is located about 80 km offshore Atyrau in the northern Caspian Sea. Discovered in 2000 by an international consortium, the sub-salt field is estimated to have recoverable oil reserves up to 13 Bbo. Kashagan started producing oil this September. The Kashagan Carboniferous reef reservoir, with a surface area of approximately 3,375 km², lies below the shallow (<10m) waters of the northern Caspian Sea.

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation is one of the world’s leading geophysical service companies and undertakes more land-based geophysical surveys worldwide than any other company in the industry. We talk to Mr. Zheng Huasheng, Vice President of BGP, about the growth and aims of this exciting organization.