Illustrative offshore drilling activity

Operations

Block 5B (Becuda)

CAP's deepwater licence, with both 2D and 3D seismic already interpreted.

Regional portfolio

West African Atlantic margin

CAP's acreage is split between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. Select a country to see the operated blocks, then open a licence for the technical detail.

Guinea-Bissau offshore licence map showing triangular CAP Energy Block 1 directly above Block 2 and Sinapa; elongated Block 5B to the southwest.
Guinea-Bissau offshore acreage. Indicative licence boundaries and geological context from the regional exploration reference.
Guinea-Bissau offshore licence map showing triangular CAP Energy Block 1 directly above Block 2 and Sinapa; elongated Block 5B to the southwest.
Guinea-Bissau acreage map
Guinea-Bissau offshore acreage. Indicative licence boundaries and geological context from the regional exploration reference; scale follows that reference.

Technical overview

Deepwater Block 5B

Block 5B lies about 170 km offshore Guinea-Bissau on the southern MSGBC margin. CAP has mapped plays across the Albian, Aptian and Barremian intervals.

National oil company interest
Petroguin 10%, carried to commercial discovery
Other interest
Sphere Petroleum QSC 4.5%
Seismic status
2D and 3D complete
Priority prospects
Formosa and Orango
Wells drilled by CAP
None

Selected technical material

Prospect inventory

Block 5B prospect inventory from CAP Energy technical material
Block 5B prospect inventory

Selected prospect inventory illustration.

Scale5,635 km²

5,635 km2 of operated acreage spanning the shelf edge and deepwater slope.

Maturity2D + 3D interpreted

2D and 3D seismic have been interpreted and the prospect inventory has been ranked.

Supporting context

Regional and operating context

Explore the MSGBC Basin and the countries where CAP operates.

MSGBC BasinPetroleum-system context

The MSGBC is now a producing Atlantic-margin basin. For CAP's acreage, the most relevant nearby references are Sangomar and FAN west of Djiffere, and Dome Flore, Dome Gea and Sinapa around the Guinea-Bissau shelf.

SangomarProducing oil immediately west of Djiffere.
FAN-1Upper Cretaceous oil discovery west of Djiffere.
Dome Flore / Dome GeaRegional discovery context north of CAP's Guinea-Bissau acreage.
SinapaDiscovery immediately adjacent to Block 1.
Host countriesSenegal & Guinea-Bissau
Senegal

CAP operates Djiffere with Petrosen as the national oil company. Senegal has an established offshore sector and a service base that can support exploration activity.

Guinea-Bissau

CAP operates Blocks 1 and 5B with Petroguin as the national oil company. The two licences cover both shallow-water shelf and deepwater slope settings.

Operating approach

CAP’s stated commitments cover health, safety, environment and security, alongside anti-bribery and corruption policies.

Licence map

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