hydrocarbon exploration & production in south …
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Anthea C. [email protected]
APPEX, 7 March 2013
HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION &
PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA:
AN UPDATE ON ACTIVITY
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Petroleum Agency SA - oil and gas exploration and production regulator
1. Promotion and
2. Regulation of oil and gas exploration and production in South Africa
3. Archiving all data
Advising Government
Ministry of Mineral Resources - Hon. Minister Susan Shabangu
Close ties to the Department of Energy
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Recent activity
• Right Conversions
• New Production Rights
• New Explorers Offshore
• Unconventional Onshore
• Upcoming Exploration
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Recent activity
• Right Conversions
• New Production Rights
• New Explorers Offshore
• Unconventional Onshore
• Upcoming Exploration
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November 2012: Status of Licenses and Applications
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SunguSungu
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Orange Basin – West Coast
Block 1 – Cairn India
Exploration Right –
second period waiting
on renewal
• Reprocessing and
re-evaluation of data
• Potential for gas –
Kudu equivalent,
Ibhubesi equivalent
plus other untested
plays
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Orange Basin – West CoastAnadarko
Block 2C –
under
application
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Orange Basin – West Coast
Sunbird Energy - PR
Recently signed
agreement to acquire
76% interest in 2A
- Pending government
approval for part of
acquisition
JV with PetroSA
– Ibhubesi Gas Field
Year 3 of Gas Market
Development
IPP gas to power
programme
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Orange Basin – West Coast
Thombo/Afren
Petroleum – A-J
oil discovery
3D seismic
survey this
summer season
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Orange Basin – West Coast
Deep water beginnings
3B/4B - BHP Billiton
Mid-Basin – Sungu Sungu
Deep water - Shell
Southern basin -
PetroSA/Anadarko
SunguSungu
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3D seismic survey
3D seismic survey
2D seismic survey
3D seismic survey
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South Coast
F-O field
Block 9 - PetroSA
Exploration Right Block 9
• Ongoing exploration
• Development of F-O gas
Field
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South Coast ctdDeep water exploration - CNR
Shallow water - Bayfield Energy
and NewAge
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South Coast ctd Ultra deep water exploration -
Total
New applications and TCPs–
OK Energy and Impact Africa
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3D seismic survey
Ikhwezi gas field development – 5 wells, subsea infrastructure
2D seismic survey
3D seismic survey
Deep water well – 2013/14 or 14/15
2D seismic
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East Coast
Narrow shelf TCP and
deep water applications –
Impact Africa, SWE,
ExxonMobil
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Recent activity
• Right Conversions
• New Production Rights
• New Explorers Offshore
• Unconventional Onshore
• Upcoming Exploration
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SA Onshore
Three types of unconventional resources
• Coal bed methane
• Biogenic gas
• Shale gas
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Coal Bed Methane Local and international
companies
Approaching 20Tcf GIP
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Coal Bed Methane ctd
Amersfoort area – Ermelo Coalfield
Lephalale/Ellisras Basin – Waterberg Coalfield
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Biogenic Methane Production
Molopo Energy
Production Right – Virginia
Gas sales up to 8TJ/d (7.5 mmscf/d) Novo Energy
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Shale gas in the Karoo Basin
• 485 Tcf??
• 30 Tcf ??
• Moratorium
• Unknown and
unproven resource
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Recent activity
• Right Conversions
• New Production Rights
• New Explorers Offshore
• Unconventional Onshore
• Upcoming Exploration
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7 seismic surveys – a record level of activity and a lot more to come!
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STATUS OF EXPLORATION ACTIVITIESANADARKO (5/6) Completed 2D survey
THOMBO (2B) Completed 3D survey
Shell (Deep water) 3D survey - 99% complete
Cairn India (Block 1) 3D survey planned completion May 2013
Spectrum 2D survey - 44% complete
NewAge 2D survey - 25% complete
BHP Billiton (3B/4B) 3D survey - 21% complete
PetroSA F-O field development
1st well drilled up to 2200m (to be drilled horizontally to about 3000 m)
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Multi Client Surveys off SA
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• Acquisition completion: April 2013
Spectrum
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CGG Veritas
• Commence March 2013• Data available March 2014
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PGS
• To commence Q4 2013 / Q1 2014
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