Regional Overview: Congo
Licences
| Congo (Brazzaville) | Working Interest | Partners | Work Programme |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Noumbi |
14% | Maurel et Prom/ENI |
Exploration |
Afren in Congo
Afren established its operations in Congo via the acquisition of an interest in the La Noumbi permit in 2006. Afren is partnered with Maurel et Prom, the operator, and ENI.
An exploration well, Tie Tie NE, was completed in February 2010. The well was plugged and abandoned without testing, having encountered sub-commercial quantities of gas. We are currently reviewing available data to determine future activity on the Block.
Reserves
Net unrisked prospective resources in Congo are estimated at 35 mmbbls.
Congo’s potential
All the productive oil fields in Congo- Brazzaville are located within the prolific Congo Basin. The Congo Basin contains a widespread evaporate (salt) layer that separates two distinct sedimentary sequences (the pre-salt and the post-salt sequences). Both the pre-salt and post-salt sediments are oil bearing.
Congo produced an average of 249,000 bopd in 2008, approximately 2.4% of Africa’s total. Congo also contains the fourth largest proven natural gas resource in Sub-Saharan Africa.
