Africa Surveyors January-February issue 2023 digital

NEWS BRIEFS
RCMRD Seeks to Improve the Wetlands Vulnerability
Assessment Tool
Chariot Completes Engineering,
Design for Morocco’s Offshore
Gas Project
end-users knowledge about the essential
details regarding the wetlands ecosystem.
Source: RCMRD
The Regional Centre For Mapping Of
Resources For Development (RCMRD),
under the Global Monitoring for
Environmental and Security (GMES) and Africa
Programme, is partnering with Environmental
Surveys, Information, Planning and Policy
Systems (ESIPPS) to augment the wetlands
vulnerability tool to generate services that
foster relevant policy response frameworks in
wetlands. The environmental monitoring tool
assessing wetland vulnerability will be hinged
on Earth Observation (EO) data and increase
The tool is an upgrade to the previous
tool dedicated to responding to various
wetland systems. Furthermore, ESIPPS will
upgrade the tool data and functionality,
establish a wetland conservation framework,
build a dashboard and mapographics
showing available products and tools and
conduct virtual training for GMES and
Africa staff, partners and end-users. RCMRD
is also partnering with GeomikAfrica to
develop environmental monitoring tools
for Land Degradation Services using EO
data, Innovative Techniques and End-User
Knowledge in the East Africa Region.
TGS announces multi-client 3D seismic survey in West Africa
Chariot Completes Engineering, Design for
Morocco’s Offshore Gas Project |Image:
Courtesy
Africa-focused energy exploration
company Chariot announced on
Wednesday that it has completed the
“Front-End Engineering Design” (FEED) for
its flagship Anchois offshore gas project in
Morocco. This process aims to assess the
project’s expenses and extensively plan
before placing a bid submission.
The project, which covers an area of more
than 2,300 kilometers squared in a water
depth that ranges from coastline to 850
meters, falls under the Lixus Offshore drilling
license. Chariot holds 75% of the project’s
interest and operatorship while Morocco’s
Hydrocarbons and Mines Office (ONHYM)
holds 25% of the interest.
The energy group began the FEED for the
Anchois development in June 2022, after
the company raised $25.5 million (MAD 257
million) to advance this phase of the project.
TGS announces Multi-Client 3D Seismic Survey in West Africa| image: TGS
TGS, a leading global energy data and
intelligence provider, are proud to
announce that it has secured prefunding
for a new multi-client 3D seismic
survey in West Africa. This project will
commence in Q2 2023 and will be the
first 3D project to be performed under
the recently announced multi-year vessel
agreement with COSL.
This project will expand TGS’ 3D seismic
data coverage, providing high-quality data in
a key emerging basin in one of West Africa’s
prolific hydrocarbon provinces. The survey
will be conducted with long offsets. It will
be processed using Pre-stack Time (PSTM)
and Pre-Stack Depth (PSDM) workflow with
Full Waveform Inversion (FWI), enabling
improved imaging of the subsurface for
acreage evaluation, supporting license
rounds within the region and providing
excellent growth opportunities for energy
companies.
The survey will be acquired by COSL’s HAI
YANG SHI YOU 721 (HYSY721) state-ofthe-art
vessel, scheduled to mobilize in
Q2-2023, with final processed deliverables
to be completed by Q3-2024.
In parallel with the FEED, other technical
work has been in progress, including
conducting onshore and offshore
environmental baseline surveys as part of
the Environmental, Social Impact Assessment
(ESIA), and developing the project’s drilling
planning.
Chariot’s Chief Executive Officer Adonis
Pouroulis celebrated the “excellent progress”
the company has made across “all aspects”
of the Anchois development project, noting
that “detailed discussions” on partnering, gas
sales agreements, and project finance are
ongoing.
The conclusion of the FEED phase is an
“important step in defining the initial
development plan to deliver gas to our
anchor customers,” Pouroulis said.
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