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Guinea-Conakry: From quiet frontier to regional contender

Mariël Reitsma

July 24, 2026

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…

The Sinapa saga

Neil Hodgson

July 21, 2026

As with any exploration story, this story begins with a map that hides a secret. Salt, tall as a mountain, buried clear white veils of fluid rock, and a target…

Beyond turbidites: Core insights from the Rovuma Basin

Corneliu Cosovanu, Core Laboratories

July 17, 2026

The Rovuma Basin evolved from Early Jurassic rifting into a passive margin by the Mid-Cretaceous, followed by significant clastic infill through the Cretaceous and Tertiary. Uplift associated with the early…

Frontier volumes, near-field risk

Henk Kombrink

July 16, 2026

Papua New Guinea (PNG) rarely features in the E&P headlines, but in fact, the country has a lot to offer when it comes to the exploration scene. TotalEnergies and partner…

From vision to discovery

Mariël Reitsma

July 15, 2026

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…

Liberia’s quiet rise: Inside the country’s emerging petroleum industry

Mariël Reitsma

July 8, 2026

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…

A basin-scale perspective: Foster Boateng’s journey through data, discovery and a changing industry

Mariël Reitsma

July 1, 2026

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…

Mid Atlantic ocean floor at outcrop

Simon Schneider, CASP and Colm S. Pierce, University College Dublin

June 19, 2026

The island of Maio, Cabo Verde, 600 km the west of Senegal, is the only place where Cretaceous mid-ocean floor of the distal Mauritania – Senegal – Guinea Bissau – Conakry…

The Supermajors are scaling up, are you?

Peter Elliott, NVentures

June 4, 2026

In the noughties and 10s, wildcat exploration, the fierce frontline of the E&P sector, was characterised by small ambitious pioneers, testing new plays in large basins, with the large caps…

A helium prospect without a trap

Mariël Reitsma

May 27, 2026

After the initial hype of helium exploration in the Rukwa basin in Tanzania, things went quiet for 18 months. This is partially because Helium One’s exploration permit expired, and they…

Morocco’s oceanic crust – A new exploration paradigm

Mike Powney, Geoex MCG

April 28, 2026

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

Rene Jonk and Henk Kombrink

April 27, 2026

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…

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Africa

Guinea-Conakry: From quiet frontier to regional contender

The Sinapa saga

Beyond turbidites: Core insights from the Rovuma Basin

Frontier volumes, near-field risk

From vision to discovery

Liberia’s quiet rise: Inside the country’s emerging petroleum industry

A basin-scale perspective: Foster Boateng’s journey through data, discovery and a changing industry

Mid Atlantic ocean floor at outcrop

The Supermajors are scaling up, are you?

A helium prospect without a trap

Morocco’s oceanic crust – A new exploration paradigm

The boon of Block 6

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