{"id":15226,"date":"2025-09-16T09:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15226"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:19:12","slug":"angola-corcel-awards-2d-seismic-acquisition-of-kon-16-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/angola-corcel-awards-2d-seismic-acquisition-of-kon-16-block\/","title":{"rendered":"ANGOLA: Corcel\u00a0Awards 2D Seismic Acquisition of KON-16 Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corcel PLC, through its subsidiary APEX, has awarded BGP the 2D seismic acquisition program for the KON-16 Block in Angola. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project will involve BGP acquiring 326-line km of 2D seismic data. This acquisition aims to enhance subsurface prospectivity and move towards drilling preparation in 2026, with the goal of drilling a high-impact well. Corcel currently has 143-line km of 2D data over KON-16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new acquisition will provide a 227% increase in seismic coverage. The acquisition is expected to commence in Q4 2025 and conclude by year-end, pending permits, with seismic processing in Q1 2026 and results expected in Q2 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corcel PLC, through its subsidiary APEX, has awarded BGP the 2D seismic acquisition program for the KON-16 Block in Angola. The project will involve BGP acquiring 326-line km of 2D &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/angola-corcel-awards-2d-seismic-acquisition-of-kon-16-block\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14046,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7445,11],"tags":[160,241,11518,12130],"class_list":["post-15226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-angola","tag-bgp","tag-corcel","tag-kon-16-block","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Angola-KON16.jpg?fit=1758%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3XA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15335,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/angola-corcel-receives-permit-for-seismic-acquisition-and-exploration-drilling-at-kon-16\/","url_meta":{"origin":15226,"position":0},"title":"ANGOLA: Corcel Receives Permit for Seismic Acquisition and Exploration Drilling at KON-16\u00a0","author":"","date":"November 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Corcel has confirmed that, further to the announcement made on 30th\u00a0April 2025, it has now received final ministerial approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), granting the full Environmental Licence to proceed with seismic acquisition within the KON-16 Block, onshore Angola. In addition, the Company is also pleased to confirm\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Angola-KON16.jpg?fit=824%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Angola-KON16.jpg?fit=824%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Angola-KON16.jpg?fit=824%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Angola-KON16.jpg?fit=824%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14525,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/angola-corcel-completes-eftg-on-block-kon-16\/","url_meta":{"origin":15226,"position":1},"title":"ANGOLA: Corcel Completes eFTG on Block KON-16","author":"","date":"September 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Corcel\u00a0Plc has announced that the its contractor, Metatek Group, has completed the acquisition of data phase of the Enhanced Full Tensor Gradiometry Survey (eFTG) on Block KON-16 as originally announced on 7 June 2024. 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