{"id":12639,"date":"2022-09-13T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=12639"},"modified":"2022-09-13T10:03:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:03:28","slug":"mozambique-geoex-mcg-awarded-a6-b-block-offshore-mc3d-seismic-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/mozambique-geoex-mcg-awarded-a6-b-block-offshore-mc3d-seismic-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique:  Geoex MCG Awarded A6-B block offshore MC3D Seismic Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"><em>Geoex MCG<\/em>\u00a0has agreed with the<em>Instituto Nacional de Petr\u00f3leo\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span dir=\"ltr\"><em>(INP)<\/em>to shoot a modern high-resolution 3D dataset on the\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\"><em>A6-B block offshore Mozambique<\/em>\u00a0which will cover an area up\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">to 8,500 sq km,\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">currently available in the ongoing\u00a0<em>6th Licensing Round<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">This 3D survey will further elucidate the potential prospectivity\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">of the very<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">underexplored Angoche margin<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">. The offshore\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Angoche area contains sediment deposited in a rift, rift-sag,\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">drift, and passive margin environment. Prospectivity of the\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Angoche margin is supported by discoveries in the Rovuma\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">basin to the north and the onshore Pande and Temane fields\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">in the south. These<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">discoveries indicate a working petroleum\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">system that may extend to the Angoche margin<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">This dataset is perfect for those interested in the A6-B block.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geoex MCG\u00a0has agreed with theInstituto Nacional de Petr\u00f3leo\u00a0(INP)to shoot a modern high-resolution 3D dataset on the\u00a0A6-B block offshore Mozambique\u00a0which will cover an area up\u00a0to 8,500 sq km,\u00a0currently available in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/mozambique-geoex-mcg-awarded-a6-b-block-offshore-mc3d-seismic-survey\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7443,11],"tags":[10715,159,10714,1139,3462,1636],"class_list":["post-12639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-eastern-africa","category-top-news","tag-a6-b-block","tag-angoche","tag-geoex-mcg","tag-inp","tag-instituto-nacional-de-petroleo","tag-mozambique","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mozambique-A6-Block.jpg?fit=750%2C392&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3hR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12433,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/mozambique-geopartners-awarded-major-new-multi-client-3d-geophysical-survey-in-the-offshore-angoche-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":12639,"position":0},"title":"MOZAMBIQUE: GeoPartners Awarded Major New Multi-Client 3D Geophysical Survey in the offshore Angoche Basin","author":"","date":"July 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"GEOPARTNERS LIMITED has announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with the INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PETROLEO (INP), on behalf of the Government of Mozambique, to conduct a major new Multi-Client 3D Geophysical Survey in the offshore Angoche Basin. 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