Complementary Conferences in Cape Town
GEO ExPro Oil & Gas Conference Round-Ups: 25th Africa Oil Week & AAPG ICE 2018 25th Africa Oil Week & AAPG ICE 2018: Left to right: Jane Whaley (Editor in…
Africa
Future Success for Oil and Gas in Africa
Africa is struggling to convert discoveries into producing fields however further hydrocarbon discoveries will shape the future success for oil and gas production in Africa. High Profile Hydrocarbon Discoveries in…
Côte d’Ivoire: Undiscovered opportunities and new data in open blocks
PGS modern broadband seismic coverage of Côte d’Ivoire now provides complete coverage of the area from source to sink. Stratigraphy and Tectonic Phases: West Africa Transform Margin (WATM) Figure 1a:…
Strike Slip Tectonism and the Evolution of East Africa
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 This article is based on an (unpublished) Poster Presentation…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
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
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…