Namibia: Frontier exploration in West Africa
Hydrocarbon Potential of Offshore Namibia In 2012 and 2013, PGS shot approximately 15,000 line km of broadband seismic data in the deep and shallow waters offshore Namibia, with a view…
Africa
Spectacular Swartberg
The Swartberg Mountains in the Western Cape province of South Africa are considered to be one of the finest exposed fold mountain chains in the world. Two dramatic passes afford…
Diversyfing During the Downturn No Laughing Matter
Exploration success puts a smile on the face of industry-academic collaboration. ‘I quit my job at the helium balloon factory, I refuse to be spoken to in that tone.’ Stewart…
Exploration Update – Tanzania
Tanzania: Largest Onshore Discovery Although originally discovered in April 2015, recent investigations of the Mambakofi 1 gas discovery in the onshore Ruvu Basin in Tanzania have shown it to be…
The Gambia: the next major oil play?
Location of the Polarcus Block A2-A5 multi-client 3D seismic survey. Extension of a New Oil-Prone Fairway The SNE and FAN discoveries in neighboring Senegal have opened up a new oil-prone…
Exploration Update – Angola
Angola: Pre-Salt Discovery In the most significant non-Mauritania/Senegal well this year, and in fact the only West African discovery outside that area, Cobalt have announced a further pre-salt discovery on…
Central Atlantic African Exploration: Growth and Future Prospects
Despite the early promising discoveries of oil and gas in Senegal and Benin in the 1960s, hydrocarbon development in the Central Atlantic continental margin has been slow – until recent…
A Nigerian Renaissance
Full stack comparison at the target level. Legacy data versus the latest version of the pre-stack depth migration. A clearer picture The Niger Delta is one of the most…
Offshore Somalia: East Africa’s oil frontier
Somalia’s Exploration Journey Exploration in Somalia began onshore in 1956 with the drilling of the Sagaleh-1 well, followed by a number of wells drilled mostly in the north of the…
Exploration Update – Algeria
Algeria: Triassic Discovery During early June 2016, Sonatrach made an oil and gas discovery in Algeria with its Oued Noumer Sud 1 (ONRS 1) new field wildcat. The discovery is…
After the Arab Spring: Hopes and Hazards in North Africa
The outcomes of political upheaval and insecurity in North Africa will be felt in the wider region and beyond, with Europe in particular either contributing to the region’s prosperity or…
Ivory Coast exploration in the transform margin
Survey areas of the reprocessed 1996 data (yellow outline) and 2014 GeoStreamer® data (purple). Offshore Ivory Coast: reducing exploration risk In 1996 PGS acquired a 1,600 sq.km 3D survey over…