Flurry of African exploration incoming

Flurry of African exploration incoming

Exploration companies big and small are warming up for a busy next 12 months – although some have warned this may be the last such push in the energy industry.

Taking a leading role is TotalEnergies. The company’s Vice President exploration for Africa Emmanuelle Garinet said the Ondjaba-1 exploration well would spud “in the coming days”.

Speaking at Frontier’s Africa E&P Summit in London, Garinat said the well would be in the deepest water ever drilled, at around 3,600 metres. TotalEnergies will drill the well in Angola’s Block 48.