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Economic feasibility of 'Blue Whale' East Sea prospect not proven in preliminary drilling: gov't

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South Korea conducted the first exploratory drilling into one of the seven potential oil and gas reserves discovered last year .

The Blue Whale prospect has signs of gas but the hydrocarbon saturation rate is not "meaningful enough" to have economic feasibility.

Government had estimated deposits could hold up to 3.5 billion and 14 billion barrels of gas and oil.

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