Our stratigraphers have extensive experience of the stratigraphy of all African Margins, and includes Neogene to Cretaceous sections on the East African Margin. This includes detailed analysis of sections from Tanzania and Mozambique, covering wellsite and post-well services.
Services We Offer In This Region
Quantitative Biostratigraphic
Analysis
Quantitative
Reservoir
Characterisation
Sample
Processing
& Analysis
Non-acid
Wellsite
Palynology
Real-time
Wellsite
Biostratigraphy
PetroStrat Experience Maps for East Africa
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Sudan
- Biostratigraphic studies of Silurian, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sequences in the Khartoum Basin and the Kordofan region
- Several studies focussed on the Jebel Abyad Plateau in northern Sudan
- Experience on wells drilled in the south, including the Blue Nile region
Eritrea
- Offshore biostratigraphic support
Ethiopia & Somalia
- Biostratigraphic and petrographic studies of field outcrop samples from the White Nile area
- Multi-well biostratigraphy study and correlation of the Karoo sequences of the Ogaden Basin
- Major biostratigraphic and correlation studies of Jurassic to Tertiary and Quaternary field sections and borehole samples from the Ogaden Basin
- Routine and hotshot analysis of samples from Puntland
Kenya
- Significant involvement with exploration drilling withing the Lokichar Basin, providing biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental correlation and intepretation
- Biostratigraphy experience onshore Kenya. This includes the Kerio, Turkana and Anza basins
Tanzania
- Field work and surveying projects undertaken across the Ruvuma Basin, Wami River, Kilwa, Mandawa and Lindi Creek areas
- Biostratigraphic analyses in the Kyela area, Rovuma Basin, Mandawa Basin and Lindi area.
- Extensive experience offshore, including rapid response support via hotshot analyses
Mozambique
- A wealth of experience providing full biostratigraphic wellsite support for both onshore and offshore exploration
- Fluid inclusion stratigraphy, core analysis and sedimentological logging for several onshore wells
- PetroStrat have developed a novel, robust, tried-and-tested Mozambique stratigraphic framework
- Biostratigraphic work in the Rovuma Basin, Inhaminga area and the Urema Graben
- Extensive wellsite experience providing biostratigraphy support to drilling campaigns in northern Mozambique
Uganda
- Biostratigraphy, well-log sequence stratigraphy and XRD sidewall core studies on Lake Albert and flanking regions. Additionally, PetroStrat has provided hotshot biostratigraphic analysis during these projects
- Biostratigraphic work on the Butiaba, Lake Edward and Ishasha areas
- In-house Palynology training workshops for client staff
Madagascar
- Biostratigraphic, palaeoenvironmental and sedimentological study of the Permo-Triassic from over 20 wells
- Various biostratigraphy and geoscience services supporting exploration in the Mahajunga Basin, Bemolanga region, Southern Morondava Basin and the Karoo.
- Wellsite geology, sedimentology and petrography work in the Tsimiroro area
