Oil reserves in Southeast Asia

There are many oil reserves in Southeast Asia. The first

Telega Tiga

oil well. Nowadays, the region produces almost 2 million barrels of oil per day.

Historical

The historical records of Southeastern Asian

Royal Dutch Shell was formed. It is generally understood that Zijilker's endeavour and others similar to it catalyzed the modern petroleum industry in Southeast Asia

and connected the region's resources to the world's energy markets.

Though off-shore drilling was not a practise first used in Southeast Asia and in

Shell, the first to discover oil in these areas, naturally brought the first offshore drilling rig here, specifically to the Brunei coast in 1958.^[2] Brunei

would later evolve into a joint venture owned in equal shares by the Brunei Government and the Royal Dutch/Shell group of companies.

Current situation

Today, Southeast Asia is some of the most active area of offshore exploration in the world.^[3] The impetus behind this in recent decades can be largely attributed to three phenomena: technological innovations in the industry, political developments in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, and the emergence of Japan as a hot-spot for petroleum trade operations.

At this moment, Southeast Asia produces nearly 2 million barrels per day (as well as 500 million cubic feet of natural gas).^[4] However, the region's main oil producers, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, are planning for a future as oil importers as their oil output declines and domestic demand rises. As Indonesia became a net importer of oil, the country declared its own suspension from OPEC in 2008.^[5]

List of oil fields

Brunei

Indonesia

Bula Fields, near Bula, Indonesia
Telega Tunggal No 1

Malaysia

Ambalat

Vietnam

References

^ Michael Morrow; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 7, 1975
^ Ranjit, Singh, “Brunei 1834-1983: The Problems of Political Survival,” Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1984
^ Virtual Information Center, “Brunei Primer Report on Petroleum,” 14 February 2005
^ "South China Sea and Natural Gas." Global Security. 2 Apr. 2008 <http://www.globalsecurity.org>.
^ Forbes.com

[1] Michael Morrow; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 7, 1975

[2] Ranjit, Singh, “Brunei 1834-1983: The Problems of Political Survival,” Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1984

[3] Virtual Information Center, “Brunei Primer Report on Petroleum,” 14 February 2005

[4] "South China Sea and Natural Gas." Global Security. 2 Apr. 2008 <http://www.globalsecurity.org>.

[5] Forbes.com

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