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Friday, January 24, 2014
Dana Petroleum has launched a seismic survey in Cameroon. The 2D survey commenced on the Bakassi West concession, 18 months after the signing of the PSC for the block.
Bakassi West is situated in the Rio Del Rey Basin in the southwest region of Cameroon, adjoining the border with Nigeria, on the eastern margin of the Niger Delta. It covers an area of almost 390 sq km. Around 350 km of 2D seismic will be acquired over the next six months and the first exploration well is planned for late 2015 or early 2016.
John Downey, Dana’s MD, Africa said: “Dana’s teams in both Aberdeen and Douala, its environmental advisor CIME, the seismic contractor BGP, Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) and the BIR – a part of the Cameroonian security forces – have worked extremely hard to get this project to the seismic acquisition stage, which I’m very pleased to say is now underway. Our seismic base camps at Issobo are now fully operational thanks to the hard work and co-operation of all involved. We now have a workforce of over 400 people in Issobo, of which about 360 are Cameroonian nationals.”
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