Night School – West Africa Petroleum Systems

West Africa Petroleum Systems

Facilitator: Duncan MacGregor, Geologist

The course aims at providing a review of the regional development of the West Africa margin through time and of the high level controls on reservoir, seal and charge. It is aimed at providing the regional picture to delegates which may be conducting most of their work at a sub-basin or block scale.

In order to aid concentration and interaction, each day with end with a series of poll questions which will consolidate the key learnings of the course. The first day will concentrate on the plate level controls, including paleotectonics, paleoclimate, paleogeography and source to sink systems while the second and third days will cover the main regional petroleum systems and basin scale studies.

Delegates will be provided with a copy of the presentations, which include hundreds of original maps and cross-sections, and will use these to answer the poll questions.

Part 1 | Regional
Date: 27 March 2023
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

• Paleotectonic Setting
• Thermal Regime
• Regional Source Rick Development
• Source to Sink Systems
• Poll Questions

Part 2 | Namibia, The Aptian salt basin and the equatorial margin
Date: 30 March 2023
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

• Main Plays and Exploration History
• Key Basins and Plays : Namibia
• Key Basins and Plays : Angola to Nigeria
• Key Basins and Plays : Equatorial Margin
• Poll Questions

Part 3 | Northwest Africa
Date: 3 April 2023
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

• Structural and Depositional History
• Source Rocks and Thermal State
• Exploration History and Plays
• Poll Questions

Who should attend:
Geoscientist, Engineers and any GESGB members who are interested to learn more about the topic.

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Duncan MacGregor, Geologist

Duncan MacGregor is an acknowledged expert with over 40 years of experience in the field of new venture and exploration geology with specific expertise in the African plate. He first spent 20 years with BP, working largely in the Far East, then worked and consulted for a number of independent companies and consultancies on new ventures and play fairway scale studies, mainly in Africa.

His publications to date comprise over 20 papers (see publications) and the editing of three publications on African petroleum geology. While supposedly now semi-retired, he still does short term consultancy work. Currently, he is working on an online paleogeographic atlas of the African Plate, which can be accessed at www.macgeology.co.uk. He is a honorary member of the GESGB.