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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Africa

Chasing the many plays of the Mauritanian Margin

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

North Africa Round-Up

Ian Cross, Moyes & Co
The North Africa region offers huge energy opportunities, but the bottom line is that its social challenges need to be solved. The North Africa region offers huge opportunities, but the…

Changing Exploration Focus Paved Way for Success

Mr. Tong Xiaoguang and Dr. Shi Buqing, China National Oil and Gas E&D Corporation (CNODC)
After only a few small discoveries in what appeared to be favourable geological conditions, a major study of the petroleum system of the huge, immature basin was conducted. The subsequent…

Frontier with high expectations

Morten Smelror, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Roger Key, British Geological Survey (BGS), Elias Daudi, National Directorate for Geology (DNG) and Fernando Njange, National Directorate for Geology (DNG)
Mozambican authorities have good reasons to be optimistic when embarking on a new exploration campaign. Seeps of oil and gas are well documented at several localities in the Rovuma Basin,…

Eni hits the sweet spot offshore Ivory Coast with Baleine-1X

Peter Elliott - NVentures
The Baleine-1X well was drilled by Eni, their first wildcat in Ivory Coast, as part of a global multi-year drilling campaign with the Saipem 10000. Baleine-1X was drilled in 1,200 m water to a…

Namibia – time to shine?

Iain Brown
There has been mounting excitement about the petroleum potential of Namibia’s onshore Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert of north-eastern Namibia and north-western Botswana. The basin, which contains a thick…

Namibia: ancient rocks in the world’s oldest desert

Lon Abbot and Terri Cook
Namibia, with its long, complex geologic history on full display in magnificent outcrops, is a geologist’s paradise. Combine this fascinating bedrock geology with the planet’s tallest sand dunes, 6,000-year-old petroglyphs,…

South Africa Poised for Exploration Greatness

Neil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriguez, Search Seismic; and Julia Davies, Discover Geoscience
Pending the result of two deepwater wells, due to be drilled in late 2021, the Orange Basin offshore South Africa is set to become the world’s next hydrocarbon exploration hotspot.…