An analogue for Ephesus?
BP has just completed the Ephesus or Cape Creel exploration well off the northeast coast of Canada, which has unfortunately been reported dry. The main target of the well was…
Africa
Mature basins still favoured for exploration dollars
Old basins still attract new exploration investment, with great success in the case of the Tano Basin in the transform margin of West Africa. Spanning the eastern Cote D’Ivoire and…
Producing gas and helium from a gold field
In the Archean, braided rivers formed fan deltas along the shores of the Witwatersrand Sea in what is now South Africa. Today, the Witwatersrand Basin is known as the world’s…
Fans of Senegal…
Senegal is due to become an oil producing nation later this year when Woodside brings onstream the Sangomar field which should lift 100,000 bbls of oil per day to the…
ReconAfrica’s exploration program in one of the most underexplored basins
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Naturally occurring hydrogen is now being produced in Mali from what seems an active hydrogen kitchen.