Milton Zibane Natural gas in Mozambique is currently produced from four fields. Three of them, Pande, Temane and Inhassoro, are located onshore in the Mozambique basin, 520 km north of Maputo. The fourth, and most prolific field, Coral, is located…

Salim Lahsini Morocco’s Atlantic margin offers a combination of proven petroleum systems and large areas that remain underexplored. The country wants to translate this diversity into clear, investable exploration opportunities. This requires more than technical datasets and conference presentations; it…

Benin’s upstream sector is entering a new era. After nearly three decades without production, the West African nation is preparing for a revival thanks to the redevelopment of the historic Sèmè field. Akrake Petroleum drilled a successful horizontal well earlier…

Guinea-Conakry is among the West African countries actively developing its offshore prospects. Encouraged by discoveries in other parts of MSGBC basin, the country is now gearing up for the next phase. The progression is driven by improved geological understanding, strengthened…

The Niger Delta has delivered many of West Africa’s defining hydrocarbon discoveries, but every so often a well comes along that exceeds expectations. JK‑004 marks the first major success under Renaissance’s refreshed exploration strategy. The well was drilled in shallow…

Liberia is often described as one of West Africa’s last true frontier basins, an offshore province with world‑class geology but still awaiting its first commercial discovery. As the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) intensifies seismic reprocessing, regulatory reform, and…

My journey in geoscience started during my undergraduate days at the University of Ghana, where my interest in sedimentary basins and petroleum systems first took shape. That fascination pushed me to pursue a master’s degree in Petroleum Geology at IFP…