Remote Sensing
Satellite-based structural and lineament mapping across the block.
05.2Projects
Voltaian Basin | GH_VB_03
A frontier onshore basin covering a substantial share of Ghana's land area, evaluated with modern low-impact exploration technology.
Block Map
Detailed licence block map — to be published
Project Profile
Voltaian Basin | GH_VB_03
- Location
- Central Ghana — onshore intracratonic basin
- Basin
- Voltaian Basin
- Project Status
- Early-stage evaluation
- Exploration Focus
- Frontier onshore petroleum evaluation
- Current Activities
- Desktop geological and geophysical evaluation. Field programme planned, subject to applicable approvals.
- Basin Characteristics
- A large Neoproterozoic–Palaeozoic intracratonic basin covering roughly 40 per cent of Ghana's land area, historically under-explored and considered a significant frontier play.
- Geoscience Activities
- Basin architecture definition, source-rock screening and reservoir characterisation.
- Seismic Activities
- Design of a phased seismic programme calibrated to basin depth and structure.
- Drilling Programme
- Stratigraphic and exploration drilling to follow subsurface imaging.
- Technical Partners
- Specialist geoscience and passive-seismic technology providers.
Exploration Programme
Work programme and status
Potential Fields Review
Gravity and magnetic data integration to constrain basin depth.
Ambient Noise Tomography
Low-impact passive seismic imaging of the subsurface.
Seismic & Drilling
Phased seismic acquisition followed by stratigraphic drilling.
Project Milestones
Path to drilling readiness
Phase 1
Regional screening and data compilation.
Phase 2
Remote sensing, potential fields and passive seismic.
Phase 3
Seismic acquisition and prospect definition.
Phase 4
Stratigraphic and exploration drilling.
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