East Africa Region
Hydrocarbon exploration in East Africa is focused in two main areas: firstly along the continental margin offshore Tanzania and Kenya, and secondly around the African Great Lakes extending from Uganda northwards into southwest Ethiopia. Onshore rift basins associated with the separation of East Africa from Madagascar and India have been cut by basins connected to the opening of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Hydrocarbon discoveries have been made in basins of both the Karoo and East African rift systems. Many of the systems have been affected by flood basalt and other rift-related volcanism, and understanding their interaction with and the distribution of clean sand reservoirs is key for exploration success in East Africa, as well as in other analogous volcanically affected basins.
Map of Region
Most Recent Reports
- Development of syn-volcanic sedimentary systems: A Blue Nile Basin case study
- Elucidating the effects of volcanic debris on sandstone diagenesis, reservoir quality and sealing capacity using scanning electron microscopy
- Multi-proxy provenance study of sub- and intra- volcanic sandstones of the Ogaden and Yayu basins, Ethiopia: Implications for the impact of volcanism on the development of syn-volcanic sedimentary systems
- U–Pb geochronology of zircons from sub- and intra-volcanic sedimentary units, Ethiopian Flood Basalt Province: Implications for the impact of volcanism on the development of syn-volcanic sedimentary systems
- Multi-proxy provenance study of sub- and intra-volcanic sandstones of the Northwestern Highlands, Ethiopia: implications for the impact of volcanism on the development of syn-volcanic sedimentary systems