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oa The Use of Fieldwork to Constrain the Petroleum System in Mozambique and Madagascar
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, Third EAGE Eastern Africa Petroleum Geoscience Forum, Nov 2017, Volume 2017, p.1 - 3
Abstract
Summary
Mozambique and Madagascar have large hydrocarbon reserves, although in both cases the source of the accumulations is enigmatic. As part of reconnaissance fieldwork undertaken in Mozambique and Madagascar ground surface oil seeps were sampled. The location of the seeps were recorded using a handheld GPS and the data gathered processed and organised in a geodatabase.
The oil seeps were analysed and graphs produced of the oil properties. Such information when integrated with the regional geology helps to reducing exploratory risk in the search for new discoveries
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