Africa

Africa at the Crossroads

Energy transition in Africa: can the continent leapfrog the fossil fuel era? About 43% of the African population have no access to electricity, and a staggering 80% rely on traditional…

PESGB/HGS Africa E&P Conference, 2021

With a huge amount of E&P potential in Africa, the PESGB/HGS Africa E&P Conference 2021 – taking place 14-15 September – offers the chance to gain new insights, promote exploration…

CGG Mozambique Seismic Data Available for Licence

CGG licenses final PSDM seismic data and JumpStart geoscience package from Mozambique survey. The final 3D PSDM seismic dataset from CGG’s recent 15,400 km2 multi-client survey of the outer Zambezi…

The Africa Factor: Africa’s Cleaner Energy Mix

While oil will continue to have a role in Africa for the foreseeable future, both in production and consumption, natural gas can and should have a bright future as part…

Underexplored African Source Rocks

The source possibilities offered by the Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic in coastal East Africa are promising – but seriously underexplored. “…, while at the same time respecting their freedom to…

Tackling the Local Content Gap in Africa

E&P companies working in Africa have long faced political pressure to maximise local content, but in today’s Covid world it makes more business sense than ever to localise supply chains,…

eFTG Reduces Hydrocarbon Exploration Risk in Egypt

The first outing of the world’s most sophisticated airborne gravity gradiometer has already yielded fascinating insights into the unexplored Egyptian subsurface; improving geological understanding and reducing hydrocarbon exploration risk. In…

Kwanza Shelf: New 3D seismic imaging reveals pre- and post-salt plays

Location of the new PGS 3D multisensor GeoStreamer survey over the Kwanza Shelf, offshore Angola. Unlocking prospectivity on the Kwanza shelf New broadband 3D seismic data shows that the evolution…