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The
history of oil and gas exploration in Cambodia dates back
to the 1950's when the first reported geological surveys
of Cambodian territory were conducted by a team of Chinese
geologists. In the early 1960s, Polish geologists also
conducted geological and structural mapping, locating
some oil seeps and outcrops as well as further identifying
the country's mineral. |
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An
Elf and Esso consortium undertook the first offshore drilling
between 1972 and 1974. The consortium drilled three exploratory
wells: B-1, H-1, and L-1, in the Khmer Trough located
roughly 100 to 200 km. off the coast from Sihanouk Ville. |
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The
exploration scene was then very quiet until 1987 when
Russian and Cambodian geologists performed a geological
and geophysical study, identifying seven sedimentary basins
with oil and gas potential in onshore and offshore areas
and dividing the areas into seven offshore blocks and
nineteen onshore blocks. |
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