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Listen to the drill bit

“Our runs are getting shorter and shorter…” That’s what Harrie and Nick from Aurora Drilling Optimisation Services were told by the Shell team that was drilling a deep onshore exploration well in Libya about 15 years ago. They helped design…

Henk Kombrink

September 3, 2026

Always on the lookout for new frontiers

“My mother was very patient with me,” says Cany Jobe. “When I needed to make a big decision about which direction to take in high school, I gave her a hard time. I didn’t want to choose between arts, science…

Henk Kombrink

September 3, 2026

The Keta Basin: Ghana’s deepwater frontier edges back into focus

The Keta Basin – a basin with familiar geological DNA The East Keta acreage lies in the central portion of the Accra-Keta-Benin basin, formed during the Middle Cretaceous opening of the South Atlantic. Geologically, the basin shares some similarities with…

Dave McGurk, Heritage Oil Exploration & Production, Ghana

September 1, 2026

Offshore Angola: Exploring frontiers and fringes with new and reprocessed seismic

Angola’s continental margin hosts rich petroleum systems that have charged prolific reservoirs, creating a province with over 30 Bbbl of recoverable oil. Production, mainly from the Lower Congo Basin, peaked in 2008 at around 2 MMbbl/d and has since declined…

Matthew Plummer, TGS

August 31, 2026

Momentum behind the frontier Angoche and Save basins

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…

Mariël Reitsma

August 31, 2026

Hydrocarbon seepage in the Karoo: South Africa’s Shale Gas Project reveals potential

South Africa’s Karoo Basin has long been known for scattered gas shows, oil‑stained fissures and occasional methane emissions from water boreholes. Yet the basin’s broader petroleum potential has remained uncertain. The Shale Gas Research Project, carried out by the Petroleum…

Mariël Reitsma

August 28, 2026

Poised for passion: The race for riches in Equatorial Guinea’s deepwater

Smart licensing in Equatorial Guinea New awards necessitate the availability of a new regionally consistent depth-imaged seismic framework Figure 1: New license awards: ENI (purple), Galp (green), Chevron (orange) and ConocoPhilips (red). In 2025, Searcher reprocessed approximately 10,500 km of…

Neil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriguez and Lauren Found, Searcher

August 25, 2026

Matching global explorers with Morocco’s frontier potential

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…

Mariël Reitsma

August 20, 2026

Ghana’s next frontier: The Voltaian Basin

Michael Aryeetey Hydrocarbon exploration in Ghana is entering a new stage: After two decades of offshore success, attention is shifting inland, towards the vast and little‑understood Voltaian Basin. Michael Aryeetey, Deputy Chief Executive for Exploration and Production at the Ghana…

Mariël Reitsma

August 13, 2026

The geological context of the North Cleopatra block

A few days ago, it was announced that the Velox-1X well, drilled in the North Cleopatra block offshore deep-water Egypt by Shell and partners, hit oil. The well, which was drilled to 6,000 m below sea level, is located in…

Henk Kombrink

August 7, 2026

Benin’s second act: Redevelopment of the historic Sèmè Field

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…

Mariël Reitsma

August 6, 2026

Guinea-Conakry: From quiet frontier to regional contender

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…

Mariël Reitsma

July 24, 2026

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Africa

Listen to the drill bit

Always on the lookout for new frontiers

The Keta Basin: Ghana’s deepwater frontier edges back into focus

Offshore Angola: Exploring frontiers and fringes with new and reprocessed seismic

Momentum behind the frontier Angoche and Save basins

Hydrocarbon seepage in the Karoo: South Africa’s Shale Gas Project reveals potential

Poised for passion: The race for riches in Equatorial Guinea’s deepwater

Matching global explorers with Morocco’s frontier potential

Ghana’s next frontier: The Voltaian Basin

The geological context of the North Cleopatra block

Benin’s second act: Redevelopment of the historic Sèmè Field

Guinea-Conakry: From quiet frontier to regional contender

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