Sand of Sea Dunes of Namib
Snuggled in against the south-western coast of Africa lies the Namib Desert, one of the driest and oldest deserts on Earth – but life abounds in this seemingly desolate environment.…
Africa
Côte d’Ivoire: completing the jigsaw
Base map of central offshore Côte d’Ivoire showing the PGS multiclient seismic data library, together with the location of the four wells discussed in the text. Awaken your structural geologist!…
East Africa – Riding High
East Africa is riding a wave of excitement and interest in the industry, with significant successes in offshore Mozambique, Uganda and Tanzania. Bimbola Kolawole, Business Development Manager, Africa with Rystad…
Petroleum potential on the offshore Namibe Basin
Location map with position of PGS regional 2D MultiClient surveys, the highlighted location of main seismic image and distribution of main salt and volcanic centres. Evolution, geology and prospectivity of…
Highly dependent on oil revenues
Algeria, with a current population of 36 million, has been an oil producing country since 1958. This was made possible by two commercial discoveries in 1956, Edjelleh and Hassi Messaoud,…
New plays from old: Frontier exploration at the Western Edge of Gabon’s Salt Basin
Gabon, world-class frontier exploration targets Seriously underexplored, the potential for deepwater Gabon to provide a spectacular future for sub-salt discoveries is very promising. Although Gabon’s southern salt basin extends over an…
Unlocking the exploration potential of the Seychelles
Project map showing Seychelles structural elements. Seychelles: New insights revealed The Seychelles Exclusive Economic Zone covers over 1.3 million km2 and contains more than 100 islands, the largest composed of…
Production starts in Block 31
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…
First success for Sonatrach in Libya – Exploration update
LIBYA: First Success for Sonatrach Sonatrach’s first well on what is highly prospective acreage has been completed as an oil and gas discovery. Wildcat A1-96/1 is in Area 96 in…
Harper Basin Exposé
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
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
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…