First Published: GEO ExPro - Exploration Opportunities, August 2026, by Matthew Plummer, TGS
Abstract
Angola's continental margin hosts rich petroleum systems that have charged prolific reservoirs, creating a province with over 30 Bbbl of recoverable oil. Production, mainly from the Lower Congo Basin, peaked in 2008 at around 2 MMbbl/d and has since declined to 1 MMbbl/d. The offering of negotiable, incentivised terms from ANPG is helping to offset that decline by encouraging near-field and frontier exploration.
TGS data library with current projects highlighted: Ultra Profundo new 2D acquisition (orange), Angola Blocks 33/49/50 one-sided WAZ (green), Angola Vision block 33/34 reprocessing (yellow) and Kwanza Vision reprocessing (red).
To assist exploration and better identify new targets across deep and ultra-deepwater settings of the Angolan margin, TGS is acquiring and processing new modern 2D and 3D seismic data, and reprocessing over 45,000 km2 of legacy 3D coverage (Figure 1). Fast-Track (FT) products are available now for several projects, with final deliverables due over the coming months.
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