An integrated study supported by gravity modelling reveals a new understanding of the crustal structure offshore Somalia. Hyper-extended continental crust in the northern Obbia Basin is associated with high heat flow and shallow syn-rift source in the peak oil-generating window. Oceanic crust underlies a thick clastic sequence in the Juba-Lamu Basin in the south, where low heat flow puts the more deeply buried post-rift and Jurassic syn-rift source rocks in the oil window. The Somalian margin is sure to yield numerous exciting oil plays at multiple stratigraphic levels.
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