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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Africa

Production starts in Block 31

Jane Whaley
Production began at the end of January from the BP-operated Block 31 in Angola, one of the largest subsea developments in the world. The development will produce from four oil…

Harper Basin Exposé

Peter Conn, TGS, Geological Products and Services
The undrilled Harper Basin lies offshore Liberia between the Liberian-Sierra Leone Basin to the north, and the Ivorian/Tano Basin to the south-east. It covers approximately 20,000 km2, extending from shelf…

Pipeline attacks in Nigeria

Jane Whaley
Attacks on pipelines have become commonplace in the oil-rich Niger Delta, and are symptomatic of the unrest in that volatile province. Previously the attacks were often the work of militants,…

Kenya: Discovery in Block 13T

Ken White
Only the second prospect to be tested in the onshore north-west Kenyan Lokichar Trough as part of Tullow Oil’s multi-well drilling campaign in Kenya and Ethiopia, the Twiga South-1 wildcat…

A Shadow of its Former Self

Nikki Jones
Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill: six years of stop-go progress on oil industry reform has resulted in a bill that falls far short of its original transparency and revenue-generation goals With…

Egypt Déjà Vu

Egyptian unrest sparks fears
After weeks of grassroots campaigns, mass protests in Egypt erupted in July, culminating in the overthrow of President Morsi in what was effectively a military coup. Two and a half…

Offshore Côte d’Ivoire: a modern exploration frontier

Steve Wells, Matt Warner, Jenny Greenhalgh & Ron Borsato, Petroleum Geo-Services
Section detail showing some of the key features identified in the area. Location map showing the offshore Côte d’Ivoire region, PGS 2D data coverage in yellow and approximate loca- tion…

Africa and New Technologies

Jane Whaley
Many of the most exciting discoveries in the last decade have been in Africa – and technological developments have been key to a good number of them. Back at the…

Exploration potential of the Nigerian transform margin

Jennifer Greenhalgh and Matt Whaley, PGS Reservoir, UK; A.O. Lufadeju, Department of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria
The Nigeria Transform Margin GeoStreamer® MC3D seismic survey, which was acquired in 2010 using innovative dual sensor technology, has resulted in a significantly improved data set, with coverage which extends…

South Sudan Gains Independence

Thina Margarethe Saltvelt, PH.D
Political tension in Sudan may add to market tightness. On the 9 July 2011, South Sudan officially gained its independence from the Khartoum administration. The oil market will monitor the…