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The Deepwater Niger Delta: An Underexplored World-Class Petroleum Province

Paul Bellingham, Chris Connors, Richard Haworth, Barbara Radovich and Al Danforth - ION Geophysical

December 12, 2014

The Niger Delta system (Figure 1) is one of the world’s largest Tertiary deltas and one of its most prolific hydrocarbon systems, containing an estimated 68 Bboe and producing approximately 3 MMboe per…

Feelings Before Facts

Jane Whaley

December 11, 2014

Elephants hiding in East Africa? The discovery of hydrocarbons can be a wonderful bonus to a country, or a mixed blessing – or in some cases, the root of decades…

Keep your Eye on NWAAM

Will Thornton

December 11, 2014

The North West African Atlantic margin (NWAAM) is entering a new phase of activity. Despite the fact that many of the established petroliferous basins of Africa are entering the mature…

Exploration in the East African Rift System

Ian Davison, Ian Steel, Matthew Taylor, Eoin O Beirne and Theodore Faull (GEO International Ltd.)

December 11, 2014

Billions of barrels of oil have been discovered in the East African Rifts in recent years, but it remains highly underexplored with only two rifts partially explored so far. The…

Ben Asante: Riding the Wave

Nikki Jones

December 11, 2014

Benjamin Asante, until recently a senior geoscientist at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, has ridden the wave of Ghana’s national development. Although his story is full of significant and unusual…

Eddy Belle: Promoting the Seychelles

Jane Whaley

December 10, 2014

“We have everything we need to make the Seychelles the next big oil province,” exclaims Eddy Belle, CEO of the national oil company, PetroSeychelles. “We have source, reservoir and cap…

Duncan Clarke: Economics and the Oil Game in Africa

Jane Whaley

December 9, 2014

Duncan Clarke is one of the best known names in the upstream oil industry as an advisor to governments and oil companies, the author of a number of books, founder…

Oil and Gas Exploration in East Africa: A Brief History

Peter Purcell, P&R Geological Consultants Pty Ltd.

December 9, 2014

East Africa is the emerging hydrocarbon province of the 21st Century – but it is worth remembering that this success comes after six decades of unsuccessful exploration. The exploration success…

Takoradi: Ghana’s Oil City.

Nikki Jones

December 8, 2014

Oil has been the catalyst for investment, reviving Takoradi’s fortunes as an export hub for Ghana’s many resources – but benefits to the local economy remain elusive. For the casual…

East Africa. Rays of a New Dawn

Ken White

December 6, 2014

The offshore picture in East Africa is particularly promising, with the US Geological Survey estimating that coastal areas of Mozambique and Tanzania alone could harbour more than 250 Tcf of…

Sea of Sand: Dunes of Namib

Roger Swart

December 2, 2014

The Namib Desert stretches eastwards from the coast of south-west Africa as far as the escarpment of the central plateau, and extends more than 2,000 km from Angola in the…

Côte d’Ivoire: completing the jigsaw

Matthew Tyrrell, PGS & Dr. Ibrahima Diaby, Petroci

November 12, 2014

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!…

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Africa

The Deepwater Niger Delta: An Underexplored World-Class Petroleum Province

Feelings Before Facts

Keep your Eye on NWAAM

Exploration in the East African Rift System

Ben Asante: Riding the Wave

Eddy Belle: Promoting the Seychelles

Duncan Clarke: Economics and the Oil Game in Africa

Oil and Gas Exploration in East Africa: A Brief History

Takoradi: Ghana’s Oil City.

East Africa. Rays of a New Dawn

Sea of Sand: Dunes of Namib

Côte d’Ivoire: completing the jigsaw

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