1. in the Eastern Gulf of Guinea, West Africa
A Review of the Geology
and Petroleum Systems
in the Eastern Gulf of Guinea,
West Africa
Richard Bray
Exploration Consultants Limited
Exploration Consultants Limited, Highlands Farm, Greys Road,
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

2. Location Map
Slide 1

3. Discovery History
Slide 2

4. Eastern
Gulf of Guinea
Hydrocarbon
Occurrences
Slide 3

5. Early Cretaceous ReconstructionF R I C S O U T H M E
Early Cretaceous Reconstruction
Slide 4

6. South
Atlantic
Mesozoic
Basins
Slide 5

7. Regional Tectono-stratigraphy
Slide 6

8. Cross-section of Margin Evolution - 1
Slide 7

9. Cross-section of Margin Evolution - 2
Slide 8

10. Eastern
Gulf of Guinea
Geological
Setting
Slide 9

11. Gabon Basin
Rio Muni Basin
Petroleum
Systems
Slide 10

12. Douala/Kribi-Campo Basin
Niger Delta
Petroleum
Systems
Slide 11

13. Eastern
Gulf of Guinea
Petroleum
Systems
Slide 12

14. Rio Muni-Cameroon Cross-section
Slide 13

15. Northern Rio Muni, Seismic Section
Slide S1

16. Rio Muni, Seismic Section
Slide S2

17. Northern Equatorial Guinea - Northern Cameroon Cross-section
Slide 14

18. Offshore Bioko, Seismic Section
North-west
South-east
Offshore Bioko, Seismic Section
Slide S5

19. Regional Seismic Section
ALBA
FM.
WOURI
FM.
QUA
IBOE FM.
PLIOCENE
SOUELLABA
FM.
ISONGO FM.
(MIOCENE)
Base Pliocene
LOGBABA-
LOGBADJECK
FM.
Base Miocene
MUNDECK
FM.
Senonian Unc.
Base Tertiary?
Regional Seismic Section
Slide S6

20. KEYS TO THE WEST AFRICA DEEP WATER PLAY
Abundant, rich, oil-prone source rocks
Thick, clean turbidite sands
Structural & stratigraphic traps
Late/ongoing hydrocarbon generation
Slide 15

21. Eastern Gulf
of Guinea
Open Deep Water
Acreage, 2001
Slide 16