Licensing Update: Somalia
In recent years, Somalia has made great strides on the road to effectively exploiting its natural resources. The Somalian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is now operating from a…
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Licensing Update: Somalia
In recent years, Somalia has made great strides on the road to effectively exploiting its natural resources. The Somalian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is now operating from a…
Exploration Update – Myanmar
Successful Appraisal In late July 2017, Woodside Energy (Myanmar), a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, is understood to have suspended the gas-bearing Pyi Thit 1 wildcat after the…
Looking Beyond
Evidence of a more scientific approach, combined with some unusual collaborations, could truly be described as blue sky thinking Geoscientists, particularly those studying Africa, are now looking outwards, beyond known…
The Angle of the North
Shallow water oil is hidden in plain sight in North Gabon The 5,000 km2 of open acreage in shallow water off North Gabon sits adjacent to the site of one…
North West Africa Leads Exploration
Over the last two years companies exploring North West Africa have seen a high value of return. This regional update is brought to you by Rystad Energy. Conventionally, African exploration…
Malawi Unexplored
The hydrocarbon potential of the East African Rift System (EARS) has been known for years, with discoveries dating back to the early 1920s. Countries like Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya…
The Namibe Basin: a clearer Image
Figure 1: Map of the Namibe and Benguela Basins and location of PGS survey. (Source: PGS) The Namibe Basin Compelling seismic evidence for a significant unexploited hydrocarbon province located offshore…
Was the Mozambique Channel Once Scattered with Islands?
The geological history of the Davie Ridge tells us how tectonic, erosional and climatic forces shaped this part of the earth, pushing the mountains of west Madagascar, which once abutted…
Exploration Update – Angola
Another Pre-Salt Find Since the Cameia discovery in 2012 confirmed the presence of an expansive pre-salt hydrocarbon reservoir in the deepwater offshore Angola, there has been a continuing flow of…
Bucking the Trend
Exploration discoveries are at their lowest ebb for 70 years but one continent seems to be bucking the trend. Since 2015, nine of the biggest global discoveries have been in…
EOR, Local Skills Development and Sustainability
Multidisciplinary interaction and local skills development proved critical when analysing scenarios for advanced chemical EOR in a Sudanese field, thus enabling future sustainability for the vital Sudanese petroleum industry. Following…