
Chester Chua
Senior Regional Manager, Asia Pacific at Enverus (formerly DrillingInfo), covering upstream exploration scouting and a SEAPEX forum convenor.
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Oct 13, 2026
Global Upstream Scouting | Asia Pacific | China Offshore Exploration, Beetaloo First Gas and Overrides
8:27
8:38

Chester ChuaGUEST
So on oil, this is, this is the kind of recovery factor that we are getting in, uh, China.

Chester ChuaGUEST
And then on top of that, the South China Sea area, you know, split up into the, the deeper water, they are making discoveries as well.
6 MINS LATER
Global Upstream Scouting | Asia Pacific | BP Negotiating in South Korea, Andaman Sea Progress, Taroom Trough Tests, UK Indies Rotating to SE Asia
13:18
13:34

Chester ChuaGUEST
We have Elissa, who did the play opener, uh, f- couple of years ago, um, with their Daydream, uh, 2 well, and then that just kickstart the whole thing.

Chester ChuaGUEST
It's near where all the major pipeline, uh, and the major gathering gas system that supply the gas to the, uh, Queensland LNG facilities.
Global Upstream Scouting | Asia Pacific | Ballooning Browse Budget Begets Bargaining, Indonesia Gets Unconventional
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3:18

Chester ChuaGUEST
So, you know, the project has been delayed so long by the Australian government.

Chester ChuaGUEST
So the, uh, Woodside is just saying that the longer this is delayed, the inflation is going to kick in even more, and the cost of development will be even more for this project, basically.

Chester ChuaGUEST
So it's just, it's supposed, I think, Woodside's push to tell the government that we need to act faster on it, uh, because it's still un- it's still not been, uh, s-sanctioned.

Chester ChuaGUEST
Uh, the project is still under study by the government on, you know, the various environmental, uh, approval.
