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13-04-2026 | Mozambique at the Geoscience Center: First Day of the EAGE Energy Forum Focused on Research and Innovation

MAPUTO – Today, in Maputo, EAGE Sub-Saharan Africa Energy Forum 2026. The first day was marked by a strong appeal to innovation, to survey geological data and to share technical knowledge about Mozambican subsoil. The event, which runs from 13 to 15 April in Maputo, brings together industry leaders, geoscientists and engineers to discuss the energy landscape of the region and unlock its potential. The participants discuss topics such as history, the quality of reservoirs and the observation of various depositional facies, among other technical aspects in emerging and mature basins.

At the opening session, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME), António Manda, stressed the strategic importance of the forum for the country and encouraged participants to promote debates that result in the identification of paths and technological solutions capable of enabling new research in sedimentary basins in the national territory. The leader also said that, despite economic challenges, Mozambique is a country of great potential, whose wealth should be used as a driving force for national transformation and development.

Throughout the day, national and international experts, including managers of the National Petroleum Institute (INP), shared their experiences on profile studies and the richness of geological formations of the Sedimentary Basins of Mozambique and Rovuma. In parallel to the presentations, there is a technical exhibition on site where the professionals of the INP present results of recent studies on the potential of hydrocarbons in Mozambique, allowing a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges of the oil sector in the country.

One of the most anticipated moments, scheduled for the second day of work, is the Core Workshop. This practical session, facilitated by the INP in coordination with Core Laboratories (UK), will allow delegates a macroscopic assessment and examination of various samples of carotes from the Mozambique and Rovuma Basins.

The forum continues until Wednesday with sessions devoted to the approach of unexplored areas (frontier) and the role of new technologies in maximising the value of energy assets in Sub-Saharan Africa.

For more information, please contact the National Institute of Petroleum, located on Rua dos Desportistas No.259, Maputo, by numbers 21248300 or 839511000. You can also write to the email comunicacao@inp.gov.mz and visit our Facebook and LinkedIn pages to be up to date with this and other highlights.

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AREA 1

Following the 2nd open competition for the granting of areas for the research and production of hydrocarbons, the companies Anadarko Mozambique Area 1 and the National Hydrocarbon Company were awarded Area 1 in offshore environment of the Rovuma Basin. The area is located in the northern part of Cabo Delgado Province, in shallow to very deep waters. The Hydrocarbon Research and Production Areas Grant Agreement (CCPP) was signed on 20 December 2006 and is effective as of 1 February 2007.

PROSPERITY DISCOVERING AREA

Median estimate of 43 tcf (cubic foot trillions) of gas.

4 Transzonal Reservoirs:

  • Upper North Oligocene;
  • Upper South Oligocene;
  • Oligocene Lower;
  • Upper Eocene;

TUBARAN DISCOVER AREA

Median estimate of 3.4 (cubic foot trillions) Tcf of natural gas.

THE AREA OF DISCOVERMENT

Median estimate of 8.4 Tcf (cubulated foot trillions) of natural gas

The Paleocene Reservoirs.

THE AREA OF DISCOVERMENT

Tigris Shark Discovery Area (1254 km2), has 3 reservoirs of the Cretaceous (K1,K2 and K3), the K2 being the best in Orca and Shark-Tigre and has a median estimate of 0.323 Tcf (cubic foot trillions) of natural gas.

UNKNOWN TUGRE AND ORCA (CRETACICO LEQUE 1, 2 E 3), ROVUMA OFFSHORE AREA 1

The complete technical evaluation of the potential of the Cretaceous in Area 1, between the Areas of Discovery Tubarão Tigre and Orca, determined that it contains small, discontinuous and low quality reservoirs, and this would probably present significant challenges in the supply of trade amounts of gas. Of the three reservoirs of Cretaceous (K1,K2 and K3) evaluated, the best is K2 in Orca and Shark-Tiger that has an average resource of 0.323 Tcf (cubic foot trillions) of natural gas.

FOUND OUT ORCA (LECK OF MEDIO PALEOCEN), ROVUMA OFFSHORE AREA 1

This discovery was made in Area 1 by Anadarko in 2013 through borehole Orca-1, whose reservoir is the age of the Middle Paleocene, was subsequently evaluated by the holes Manta-1, Orca-2, Orca-3 and Orca-4.

The discovery is located about 10 km from the coast line, 250 km from the city of Pemba. This reservoir is of Middle Paleocene age and is not shared. The average estimate of resources is about 8.4 Tcf (cubulated foot trillions) of natural gas in situ, according to estimates submitted by Total.

The reservoir in the Orca discovery lies at depths ranging from 4000 to 5000m below the mid sea level, and the water column from about 600m to 1200m. The extension is about 30 km.

UNCOVERED TUBARON (EOCENO), ROVUMA OFFSHORE AREA 1

This discovery was made by Anadarko in January 2011 through the Jaw-1 hole and evaluated by the Shark-2 hole (negative) in 2013. The discovery is located about 25 km from the coast line, 50 Km of the Northeast of the district of Mocímboa da Praia and 200 Km of the Northeast of Pemba City.

The reservoir is completely in Area 1. The average estimate of resources is about 3.4 tcf (cubic foot trillions) of gas in situ.

The reservoir is at a depth of 3500 to 4000 metres below the average sea level. The water column ranges from 800 to 1200 meters. The extent of the Shark discovery is about 20 km east-oriented.