Country Report
Nepal upstream summary
Report summary
Nepal lies in the collision zone between the Indian sub-continent and the Tibetan plateau of the Eurasian continent. The collision zone stretches from Pakistan in the northwest to Burma in the southeast and is flanked to the west and east by lateral transform margins. From north to south, Nepal is broadly divided by four main thrust faults into five major structural zones: Tethys Himalaya, High Himalaya, Lesser Himalaya, Siwalik and Terai. Each of these regions were formed by different ...
Table of contents
- Key facts
- Location maps
-
Geology
- Introduction
-
Exploration
-
Licensing
- Introduction
- First Licensing Rounds
- 1997 Licensing Round
- Cairn Energy Award (2004)
- Cairn Acquisition of Blocks 3 and 5
- India
-
Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Oil and Gas Seeps
- Early Surveys
- Nepal Government Drilling
- Shell Drilling Activity
- Additional Surveys
-
Indian Activity
- ONGC wells (1960-1990)
- Oil India drilling (1998)
- ONGC-Cairn drilling (2006-2008)
- Future drilling plans
-
Licensing
- Reserves and resources
-
Production
-
Oil/liquids
- Oil Imports
-
Oil/liquids
-
Infrastructure
- Introduction
-
Policy and regulation
- Key legislation
- Regulatory body
- State participation
-
Licensing
- Type of Contract
- Exploration Term
- Production Term
- Work Commitment
- Relinquishment
-
Fiscal terms
-
Current fiscal terms
- Royalty
- Cost Recovery
- Production Sharing
- Taxation
- Government Participation
- Bonuses
- Domestic Supply
- Indirect Taxes
- Value added tax (VAT)
- Import duties
- Withholding tax on sub-contractors
- Repatriation of Funds
- Marginal Government Take
- Key Assumptions
-
Current fiscal terms
Tables and charts
This report includes 11 images and tables including:
- Key facts: Table 1
- Country Map
- Stratigraphic Column of the Terai Plain
- Sedimentary Basin Map
- Map of Active Licences
- Fiscal terms: Table 1
- Fiscal terms: Table 2
- Fiscal terms: Table 3
- Fiscal terms: Table 4
- Fiscal terms: Table 5
- Fiscal terms: Table 6
What's included
This report contains:
Other reports you may be interested in
Country Report
Argentina upstream summary slides
To complement our more detailed Argentina upstream summary we provide a slide-pack of the key issues in the country.
$2,700
Country Report
Paraguay upstream summary
Paraguay is land-locked in the centre of South America and is surrounded by hydrocarbon-rich countries Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia. ...
$3,400
Country Report
Austria upstream summary
A mature producer, with output in decline - Austria currently produces around 20,000 boe/d, split almost evenly between liquids and ...
$3,400
