Boujdour Offshore Block
Location: northwest Africa’s Aaiun Basin, Atlantic Ocean, offshore the southern province of the Kingdom of Morocco and south of the Canary Islands
Size: 43,988 km2 (10.87 million acres)
Water depth: 0-3,000 meters (approximately 0-10,000 feet)
Contract: petroleum agreement and association contract
Working interest: 75%
Operator: Kosmos Energy Offshore Morocco
Partners: Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) with a 25% participating interest carried through exploration
The Boujdour Offshore Block is located in the Aaiun Basin, one of the remaining frontier exploration provinces offshore West Africa. The basin includes an unexplored Jurassic-to-recent-passive margin with a lower Cretaceous delta similar in size to the present-day Niger Delta. Older wells have demonstrated significant source-rock potential and the presence of good reservoirs. Extensive 2D seismic data has defined significant prospectivity, including many large structural traps. Kosmos has identified and prioritized the block’s major prospective regions. The company has acquired additional 2D seismic data over these prospects and is evaluating them further.