Cameroon Licence Areas
In Cameroon, all our licences are offshore exploration licences.
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Ngosso
The Ngosso licence area is located in the hydrocarbon prone Rio del Rey Basin, western offshore Cameroon. It lies adjacent to the shore in water depths of up to 8 m and it has similar operational and subsurface geological conditions to OML123 in Nigeria, which is located approximately 20 km to the west.
Description
- Covers an area of 117,100 acres (474 km2)
- Contains several hydrocarbon discoveries, but has not seen any exploration activities for some 20 years
In December 2002, Addax Petroleum signed an agreement with the Republic of Cameroon for the Ngosso licence area. Addax Petroleum is the operator of the Ngosso licence area, with a 60% interest.
A 213 km2 3D seismic acquisition was completed in early 2006, and Addax Petroleum performed detailed evaluation of the seismic data in 2007, identifying eight exploration prospects. Dredging work was undertaken in 2007 to prepare for the exploration drilling campaign on the Ngosso licence area. In 2008 Addax Petroleum drilled the Odiong and Tali prospects to satisfy its initial period exploration commitment. As part of the campaign, a sidetrack to the initial Odiong well was drilled, and resulted in a discovery which is considered uneconomic as a stand-alone development.