The licence round has been announced, the petroleum law ratified, and geoscientists are pouring over the seismic. Are we finally set to see the undoubted exploration opportunities of one of the world’s last true hydrocarbon frontiers finally realised?
The seismic below is a dip line from southern offshore Somalia showing fold and thrust belt with mainly Cretaceous deltaic and deepwater sediments involved in the thrusting. Good quality, Late Cretaceous reservoirs are expected, with the sands having been derived from the erosion of quartz-rich Precambrian hinterlands to the west.
Why Exploration Offshore Somalia Could Reveal an Oily Surprise
