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2D seismic acquisition to commence in Ethiopia’s Rift Basin Area Block

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Africa Oil and its partners have announced that 2D seismic acquisition of a 400 to 800 kilometer land and lake survey earlier planned for Q4 2014 will begin at the end of January at the Rift Basin Area Block in Ethiopia.

The frontier area that has no previous seismic data or wells saw the completion of a 36,500 Full Tensor Gradiometry FTG survey in 2013 that identified source…

2D seismic in Ethiopia’s Rift basin Area set for Q4

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Africa Oil is set to commence with a 2D seismic program in the Rift Basin Area, located north of the South Omo block in Ethiopia, next quarter.

This is part of the planned work program by the block operator Africa Oil which is expected to range between 400 and 1200 kilometer for the initial exploration period which expires in February 2016.

“In Ethiopia, the Company, as…