A New Oil Play in East Africa
Following the recent discoveries off Tanzania and Mozambique, a newly acquired 2D seismic data set (MAD13) which clearly illustrates the tectonic setting and prospectivity of offshore western Madagascar is set…
Exploration
Mongolia. Potential in an Emerging Economy.
Mongolia’s oil and gas E&P sector has been characterized by, well, not very much – up until now. Mongolia emerged as an independent and fledgling democracy following the collapse of…
Western Tanzania: The Lake Rukwa and Lake Nyasa Rifts
Independent explorer Heritage Oil focuses on regions which may have been overlooked and where it can participate as an early entrant. We look at its exploration efforts in two blocks…
Like Everywhere You’ve Never Been
Sea shells are no longer the currency of Papua New Guinea, but it remains one of the last countries in the world to be relatively untouched by modern man. Lying…
That’s Not a Very Prospective Basin…
Time was when industry interest in the MSGBC Basin was lukewarm to say the least: not any more. The recent world-class oil discoveries by Cairn-FAR-Conoco-Phillips offshore Senegal and by Kosmos…
The Deepwater Niger Delta: An Underexplored World-Class Petroleum Province
The Niger Delta system (Figure 1) is one of the world’s largest Tertiary deltas and one of its most prolific hydrocarbon systems, containing an estimated 68 Bboe and producing approximately 3 MMboe per…
Feelings Before Facts
Elephants hiding in East Africa? The discovery of hydrocarbons can be a wonderful bonus to a country, or a mixed blessing – or in some cases, the root of decades…
Exploration in the East African Rift System
Billions of barrels of oil have been discovered in the East African Rifts in recent years, but it remains highly underexplored with only two rifts partially explored so far. The…
Whale Hunters Seek Elephants
Atlantic Petroleum is a small independent E&P company with big ambitions. With a strong concentration on technical expertise and some very creative geoscientists, it is looking at some exciting exploration…
Unveiling Oil Targets in the Colombian Amazonia. At a Salsa Tempo!
Remote sensing is a very efficient and effective tool for oil and gas exploration, since it enables the quick acquisition of relevant information and target definition in areas of considerable…
Licence Opportunities That Could Shape 2014.
Egypt According to an official source from the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), the company will invite the first tender for tight oil exploration in the country early in 2014.…
South American Shales: A Regional Assessment
A history of research in tight mudstone rocks, a long record of research in South America and a significant ArcGIS database of wells, seismic and samples across a number of…