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ReconAfrica’s exploration program in one of the most underexplored basins

Ansgar Wanke and Jim Granath, ReconAfrica

April 28, 2023

It is a rare opportunity in the twenty-first century to explore an untouched basin for hydrocarbons, but this is the position ReconAfrica finds itself in exploring the Kavango area, east…

Offshore wildcat drilling set to resume in Morocco

Peter Elliott, <a href="https://www.nventures.co.uk/" > NVentures </a>

March 21, 2023

After a five-year lull, bar Chariot’s appraisal drilling at Anchois, Eni and partners Qatar Energy and ONHYM will spud the Cinnamon 1 well in early summer 2023. Eni was the…

Green helium exploration is set for a breakthrough

Mariel Reitsma

March 15, 2023

Up to recently, helium was not actively explored for but mainly found by accident while drilling for hydrocarbons. Concentrations as low as 0.3% helium in the gas stream already make…

De-risking the Cabora Bassa Basin, Zimbabwe

Jamie Vinnels

March 2, 2023

Early January 2023, the Australian Junior Oil Company Invictus Energy completed the drilling of the Mukuyu 1 well, and subsequent sidetrack, in the Cabora Bassa Basin of Northern Zimbabwe. Invictus…

Angolan Kwanza Basin – expanding proven opportunities

Madhurima Bhattacharaya

February 1, 2023

Kwanza Basin – a pre-salt success story? Historically, exploration activity has focused on the prolific Lower Congo Basin in Northern Angola, concentrating on the post-salt Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary reservoirs.…

Download Africa Oil Week’s Post-Event Report Today

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January 10, 2023

Africa Oil Week 2022 saw the continent define an assertive new position to determine how best to balance sustainability within its own needs. Across the five content streams these important…

The rise of Venus in Uruguay’s Pelotas Basin

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November 15, 2022

Uruguay plays Namibia on number 1 court The “Most interesting Basin in the World” ball has been batted across the Atlantic regularly for the last 30 years. Early deep-water success…

The natural hydrogen field without pressure depletion

Mariël Reitsma, HRH Geology

November 3, 2022

Naturally occurring hydrogen is now being produced in Mali from what seems an active hydrogen kitchen.

Baleine discovery: Côte D’Ivoire’s exploration “Black Swan”

Javier Martin, formerly CGG

October 10, 2022

The Tano Basin – revealing late cretaceous depositional styles in a frontier basin A recent seismic stratigraphic analysis demonstrates the presence of key petroleum system elements and the potential to…

Chasing the many plays of the Mauritanian Margin

Elisabeth Gillbard, Senior Geologist, ION Paul Bellingham, VP New Ventures, Eastern Hemisphere, ION

August 14, 2022

An overview map of the Mauritanian Margin. PSDM transverse with velocity overlay through the Mauritania 3D data, showing the syn-rift section (including allochthonous and partially migrated Triassic salt, deposited in…

The High Impact Hydrocarbon Potential of the Orange Basin

Brought to you in association with NVentures.

July 19, 2022

While the Mississippi, Congo, Nile, and many other major deltas around the world have been, and are being, successfully explored and developed, the vast Orange Basin offshore South Africa and…

Exploration opportunities in the Gambia and Senegal

Felicia Winter, Anongporn Intawong and Paolo Esestime, TGS

June 19, 2022

Credit: TGS, GeoPartners. Connecting the shelf to the deepwater A flurry of hydrocarbon exploration activity continues in The Gambia and Senegal, and it is fuelled by drilling successes. The Gambia,…

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