Maurel & Prom has planned to allocate in 2023, 85 million dollars (52 billion FCFA) for development investments in the oil sector in Gabon. The information was given by the oil company in a statement made public on March 14. This represents 30% of this overall budget intended for development and exploration investments as well as certain financing. In this envelope of 167 billion FCFA, 3 billion FCFA and 6 billion FCFA will be devoted to investment respectively in Tanzania and Angola.

The planned investments in Gabon, we learn, include development activities on the Ezanga asset, with the possibility of carrying out a 3D seismic acquisition on this permit. “ In Gabon, a 3D seismic data acquisition campaign was initially planned for 2022 in the southern part of the Ezanga permit. This is still under study, with a final schedule that remains to be confirmed  ”, specifies Maurel & Prom.

In addition, the oil company plans to produce 15,600 barrels per day in Gabon this year, compared to 14,646 barrels per day in 2022. The oil company, a subsidiary of the Indonesian hydrocarbon leader Pertamina, therefore hopes to do better in terms of production. than in 2022. Because, last year, its production fell by 6% compared to the previous year due to the incident that occurred in April 2022 at the Cap Lopez export terminal.