Africa

Morocco’s oceanic crust – A new exploration paradigm

Jurassic source rocks on oceanic crust – Establishing the new ‘hot’ topic offshore Morocco Morocco providing an “in-vogue” frontier Unequivocally, source rocks can generate significant quantities of hydrocarbons atop oceanic…

The boon of Block 6

Let’s start with a quiz. What is the basin with the highest resource density in the world? The answer is the Gulf of Suez. Not many people will have guessed…

A new frontier for Nigeria’s stranded associated gas

Nigeria’s Niger Delta remains one of the world’s most prolific hydrocarbon provinces. Yet, the region continues to grapple with the challenge of managing and monetising asso­ciated gas (AG) in oil…

Inside every Basin you know is another Basin you haven’t met

Suriname’s north west sub-basin: An extension to the Golden Lane “Trendology” is often derided as an exploration strategy until it is apparent that a trap style in a regionally working…

Renaissance ramps up exploration activity in Nigeria

“To meet the economic demands of the Nation and mandates given by the Federal Government, we need to increase production,” says Johnbosco Uche, “that is one of our main targets…

Cameroon: Unlocking potential and reigniting exploration

Play diversity and untapped promise – A new licensing round opens fresh horizons in Cameroon Opening the door to discovery Cameroon’s 2025 Licensing Round, launched by the Société Nationale des…

The Gambia’s offshore acreage is hot again

The West-African margin is back in the exploration spotlight, not only because of yesterday’s announcement by Shell to drill more wells on their PEL-39 licence in Namibia – but also…

New modelling study reveals a petroleum system overlying oceanic crust offshore Equatorial Guinea

The deepwater Douala-Rio Muni Basin (DRMB) is a non-volcanic, Mes­ozoic-Cenozoic rifted pas­sive margin located offshore in Equatorial Guinea (EG), West Africa. Commercial oil and gas fields have been dis­covered on…

Unlocking Egypt’s Western Desert: The next Eagle Ford?

When people think of unconventional oil, their minds prob­ably go straight to North America, where long hori­zontals and multilaterals drilled in heavily faulted plays have unlocked massive gas, liquids, and…

Imaging prospective sedimentary strata offshore Equatorial Guinea

In recent years, exploration has increasingly shifted toward Creta­ceous deep-water sandstones across the broader Atlantic Basin, resulting in a series of major discoveries over the past 15 years. Considerable potential…