OVER 500KM OF 2D SEISMIC ACQUIRED TO DATE IN SOMALILAND

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Over 500 kilometers of 2D seismic has been acquired to date by Chinese geophysical service company BGP according to blocks SL-10B and SL-13 operator Genel Energy.

Sterling Energy said on Friday the government-sponsored 2D seismic campaign on the Odewayne block in Somaliland has commenced.



Sterling will be carried by London-listed Genel Energy PLC for all costs as the campaign satisfies the minimum work obligation for the period.



Initial results are expected late in the third quarter of 2017, after which Sterling will make its own technical evaluation of the data.



“We are very pleased that the 2D seismic campaign has commenced. It will provide the first detailed subsurface view in what is one of the last untested large frontier rift basins in Africa. We would like to congratulate the Ministry of Energy & Minerals for the successful start to the campaign,” said Sterling Chief Executive Officer Eskil Sterling.

The need for acquisition according to Genel has resulted from a surface seep study completed early in 2015 confirmed the outstanding potential offered by this huge acreage position.



Genel is targeting resources of over 1,000 mmbbls in blocks SL-10B and SL-13. The Odewayne block has a similar resource potential to this, targeting in order of 1,000 mmbbls.

Gravity and aeromag has already been acquired and interpreted over the entire 40,000 square km acreage.

This seismic program is the 2nd if its type, a 1st somewhat similar program to what was conducted in offshore Somaliland in 2008 through contracting with TGS-NOPEC.

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waraabe

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good lets see if there is oil now which I don't think there is as other nations discovered their oil early, Saudi Arabia's oil was discovered in the late 30s by Americans.

if oil is found

- China should get priority
- Local regions and communities need to given at least 30% of the govs oil revenue from that region and they should be given the priority jobs
- development should be the first priority
- follow the gulf model of dealing with oil in the short term at least
 
I hope the government can somehow persuade them to build the refineries on somali soil instead of shipping the raw materials out
 
We should sell all our oil quickly. Water will soon become the next big resource that could potentially that wars could start over it. Let us invest in desalinisation plants and sustinable energy sources. We must look to the future, a future of a socalist Somaliland.
 

waraabe

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We should sell all our oil quickly. Water will soon become the next big resource that could potentially that wars could start over it. Let us invest in desalinisation plants and sustinable energy sources. We must look to the future, a future of a socalist Somaliland.
no the future is neo liberal. wealth and development not free hand outs

also Israel is advanced when it comes to desalinisation and they have the biggest such plant

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/israel-proves-the-desalination-era-is-here/


they have built 5 and planning to build another 5 before 2025 and this will mean Israel for the first time will have more water then they know what to do with (export)

this certainly should be the first development projects with or without oil
 
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