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Africa

Strike Slip Tectonism and the Evolution of East Africa

Andrew Long, Director; Subterrane Ltd.
Strike slip faults can extend for thousands of kilometres, and envelop many of the typical geological structures we use in basin exploration to define different petroleum play systems in particular…

Exploration Update: Morocco

Brought to you by GEO ExPro and Drillinginfo.
SDX Energy has made a gas discovery on the onshore Lalla Mimouna exploration permit in the Gharb Basin, northern Morocco. Gas Discovery Offshore Morocco SDX Energy has made a gas…

Making The Most of Your Trip to South Africa

Nathan Young-Ziolkowski
Travel & Lifestyle for Oil and Gas: A recommendation of sites to visit, places to eat & hotels to stay in to make the most of your visit to Cape…

Hydrocarbon Exploration in Deepwater Gabon

Brought to you in association with NVentures.
Hot Spot: all eyes are on the prize of world-class oil discoveries, following successful exploration rounds in deepwater Gabon. New Oil Discoveries in Deepwater Gabon Map showing exploration performance and…

Deepwater West African 3D Seismic

Chris Irons and Richard Bray, SAER Ltd; Peter Abrahamson, Geoex Ltd.
Figure 1: (a) Geoex 3D surveys in Equatorial Guinea. (b) Map of recently awarded blocks offshore Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe. Exploring Equatorial Guinea’s distal hydrocarbon systems New…

Offshore Madagascar Part II: The Golden Zone

Glyn Roberts and Trond Christoffersen, Spec Partners Ltd.; Xu Jingwei, BGP Multi Client
The final part of this 2-part article reviews the validity of the potential plays in the area in terms of the Golden Zone concept. Before you start reading… Offshore Madagascar…

Offshore Madagascar Part I: Hydrocarbon Potential

Glyn Roberts and Trond Christoffersen; Spec Partners Ltd., Xu Jingwei; BGP Multi Client
What is the hydrocarbon potential of the Mozambique Channel, and what has the ‘Golden Zone’ theory got to do with it? This article is based on an (unpublished) Poster Presentation…

Licensing Update – Sierra Leone

Staff Writer
Opportunities on the West African Transform Margin; Sierra Leone Fourth Licensing Round Announced Since the discovery of the giant Jubilee oil field off Ghana in 2007, interest in the transform…

Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders

Lon Abbott and Terri Cook
With an annual average of 1,100 cubic metres of water plunging down its 108m-high face each second, Victoria Falls is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest natural wonders. Location Map…

Sub-Saharan Africa and North West Europe

Jane Whaley
Both Sub-Saharan Africa and North West Europe have a long history in oil and gas production and they both continue to keep on surprising us. Hydrocarbons in Sub-Saharan Africa and…

Liberia – A Fresh Approach

Ben Sayers and Alex Birch-Hawkins, TGS; Rufus Tarnue, NOCAL; Gerrard Spear, Lauren Mayhew, Lyme Bay Consulting
New thinking inspired by innovative modelling could open new plays in West Africa. Recent exploration in Liberia has not provided the commercial success we all want, with the most recent…