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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Africa

The Key to Transformative Energy Change in Africa

Jane Whaley
Positive moves are afoot in the continent of Africa to ensure more gas is used domestically, to help electrification and industrialisation, diversify economies and create jobs. The world’s first commercial…

Atlantic offshore Morocco: new data, new insights

Steve Lawrence; SRC for Geoex
Regional geology of Morocco is key to new understanding Seismic data provide new clues to crustal architecture and deformation history A late Cretaceous ‘Atlantis’ The 2018 Morocco Atlantic Margin Well…

The chase for oil in offshore Somalia

Karyna Rodriguez, Neil Hodgson and David Eastwell, Spectrum Geo; Abdulkadir Abiikar Hussein, Mopmr, Federal Government of Somalia
Figure 1: Spectrum 2D datasets offshore Somalia. The illusive oil-prone region of offshore Somalia Offshore Somalia remains one of the last truly frontier passive margins in the world. Only two…

The Zambezi Delta Basin

Javier Martin, Madhurima Bhattacharya and Marianne Parsons; CGG
Figure 1: Location of the gravmag, 3D seismic survey (green polygon area) and wells analyzed. Figure 2: Basin configuration at 160Ma, 145Ma and present day, with stretching orientation. Another piece…

Oil and Gas Challenges and Opportunities in Africa

GEO ExPro
Africa’s total proven reserves stand at 125.3 Bbo and 509 Tcf natural gas, 7.5% and 7.1% respectively of the global total. What are the main challenges and opportunities for future…

A Geological Tour of Morocco’s Atlas Range

Lon Abbott and Terri Cook
The Atlas Mountains, with their folded sedimentary rocks and thick-skinned faulting, soar above dramatic gorges, lush palm oases, crumbling kasbahs, and the exotic souk in Marrakesh. Google Earth map of…

Lifetime Contribution Award

GEO ExPro
Africa Oil Week this year introduced the Adrian Bligh Memorial Award to give recognition to someone who has made a ‘Lifetime Contribution to Africa’. Pictured, left to right: Paul Sinclair,…

Cuba re-launches offshore oil exploration

BGP
Explore Madagascar’s open acreage The West Morondava Basin: Let the bidding commence!  After over 100 years of exploration, the offshore part of the West Morondava Basin remains largely underexplored. Only six…

São Tomé and Príncipe

Matt Tyrell, Joshua May and Eric Mueller; PGS, Orlando Pontes; ANP-STP
Base map showing the territorial waters of the STP-EEZ together with neighbouring countries. The PGS MultiClient seismic and well datasets are shown together with annotations showing the major fluvial input…

The MSGBC Basin: Where is the next hydrocarbon discovery?

Ben Sayers and Richard Cooke; TGS
Why the MSGBC Basin? The MSGBC Basin is ready for something new to help analogue-chasing the next SNE oil field. Prior to 2014, with doubts over the actual commercial success…