South Africa: Block 2B drilling planned for 2019

Cape Town-based Africa Energy Corporation has obtained a two-year renewal of its exploration right for Block 2B and aims to drill an exploration well in 2019. Vice-president exploration Jan Maier said in a statement the renewal would enable the company to launch operations for the second exploration period. “We have recently identified additional prospectivity and potential drilling locations on Block 2B using the previously acquired 3D seismic.