... new huge hydrocarbon provinces- Brazil's subsalt, West Africa's Ivorian Basin Maghony trend, the US GOM Lower Tertiary and Kurdistan Iraq's Zagros Foldbelt. Surprisingly around 40 % of the giants are still coming from onshore. A recent IHS CERA report shows that exploration will have to contribute...

... into in the late 1980s after a brief surge in the 1970s. By the late 1990s, moving supplies of natural gas as LNG from such formerly stranded areas as off Western Australia, Qatar, and West Africa to markets many miles distant over oceans and seas became not only possible but also economical. By the first decade...

... africa mobilization Copyright 2006, Offshore Technology Conference This paper was prepared for presentation at the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1 4 May 2006. This paper was selected for presentation by an OTC Program Committee following review of information...

... Abstract This paper describes three examples of upper slope environments along the West Coast of Africa. Images of Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, and Namibia are derived from newly acquired 3D seismic data. Several variations in depositional style are seen in these images. Linear erosional...

... and West Africa. Whereas the world-wide discovery of giants has fallen off in recent decades, the discovery rate of deep water giants is rapidly increasing. Most exploration activity has been concentrated within only three areas of the globe, with a majority of the discovered resources in the Gulf...

..., it requires significant planning and preparation to prepare a spread capable for deep-water operations. Several challenges, known and unexpected, experienced during a mapping campaign off the coast of West Africa in water depths down to 1450 metres are discussed below. The paper describes the pre-studies...

... Abstract This paper discusses the issues and challenges which are being experienced in implementing process technologies for gathering, processing and transporting associated gas from remote fields in the Niger Delta, West Africa. The Niger Delta has a significant amount of natural gas...

... Abstract The main application for this paper is for businesses looking to locate in the region to gain a basic understanding of the general requirements to be successful in West Africa, primarily in Angola. The secondary application is for various businesses to use the paper as a framework...

... ABSTRACT This paper describes the methodology and selected results of a Joint Industry Project called WAX (West Africa Extremes) whose purpose was to develop estimates of extreme waves for the West Coast of Africa between 5° N and 15° S. Extremewaves there consist of swell propagated from...

... of individual rift systems. The global distribution of rifts can also be related to tectonic environment. For example, rifts associated with continental rupture at a temporary still-stand of a continent over the mantle convective system (rifts like those active in East Africa today) can be distinguished from...

... of the southeastern Somalian-northeastern Kenyan continental margin. Prominent diapirs of presumed evaporite origin appear near the landward end of the profile. These evaporites were deposited in Early to Middle Jurassic time during the rift and early drift stages of the separation between Madagascar and Africa...

... seamount continental margin cruise magnetic anomaly upper continental margin gamma africa fracture zone short-wavelength anomaly brazil continental shelf otc 3915 anomaly basin information marginal scarp marginal fracture OTC 3915 MAGNETIC ANOMALIES OF THE UPPER CONTINENTAL MARGIN...

... attributed to salt in origin are observed on seismic reflection records bordering the continental margin of Brazil between about 12°S to the southern extent of the Sao Paulo Plateau at about 28°S. 1–4 Similar structures are present bordering the opposing continental margin off Africa. 5–9 Based on paleo...

... million long tons. Consumption was divided as follows: 30% was consumed in North America, 50% in eastern and western Europe (including the USSR), 10% in Asia, and the remaining 10% in Oceania and Africa (combined). The breakdown in consumption by area is shown in Table 1. Current world production...