Country Report
Nepal upstream summary
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Report summary
Licensing round 2024: The Government of Nepal invited international and national oil companies to bid for petroleum exploration opportunities in May 2024. They offered Exploration Block 4 (Lumbini) and Block 5 (Chitwan) in southern Nepal. The prospective areas encompassed parts of the Terai plains and Siwalik foothills, regions known for their sedimentary basins suitable for petroleum exploration. To encourage investments, the government offered production sharing contracts (PSCs) with ...
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Licensing
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Historical licensing rounds
- First licensing Rounds
- 1997 Licensing Round
- Cairn Energy Award (2004)
- Cairn Acquisition of Blocks 3 and 5
- 2024 Licensing Round
- India
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Oil and Gas Seeps
- Early Surveys
- Nepal Government Drilling
- Shell Drilling Activity
- Additional Surveys
- Recent Drilling Activity
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Indian Activity
- ONGC wells (1960-1990)
- Oil India drilling (1998)
- ONGC-Cairn drilling (2006-2008)
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Oil/liquids
- Oil Imports
- Introduction
- Key legislation
- Regulatory body
- State participation
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Licensing
- Type of Contract
- Exploration Term
- Production Term
- Work Commitment
- Relinquishment
- 1 more item(s)...
Tables and charts
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Stratigraphic Column of the Terai PlainSedimentary basin mapMap of active licences
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