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Representatives of Striped-Horse and Rockwash have reached agreement with ANPG (Photo: Rockwash)

Rockwash Geodata, Striped-Horse in deal

with ANPG on setting up geological lab

ANGOLA UK-BASED Rockwash Geodata and its Ango- technology to help meet the collective objectives
lan joint venture partner Striped-Horse Atlân- of recent presidential decrees – to strengthen
tico Lda (SHAL) said on Monday, May 16 that local content capabilities in Angola, unlock
they had reached agreement with Angola’s new exploration concepts and plays, promote
National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) reserve replacement in new exploration areas
on the establishment of a top-notch digitalised and increase production in Angola,” he said.
geological laboratory in Luanda. “We’re excited to work through our joint venture
Rockwash explained in a statement that the with Rockwash Geodata’s subject matter experts
joint venture partners intended to work with and draw on their global experience from simi-
ANPG to build a geological laboratory that lar projects they’ve delivered around the world.”
consists of a national digital database of samples Jack Cawthorne, the co-director of Rock-
from wells drilled during the course of petro- wash, pointed out that the laboratory project
leum exploration, development and production would help Angola benefit from digitalisation
operations. techniques that have helped reduce risk for
The database, which will include data from operators in other hydrocarbon basins. “Build-
legacy, existing and future wells, will be the big- ing on our involvement in the successful Nor-
gest digital cutting repository of its type in the wegian Released Well Initiative, which saw the
Southern Hemisphere, it said. concept of full-wellbore cuttings digitalisation
The statement also noted that the facility adopted nationwide, we are thrilled to be work-
would hire and offer specialised training to a ing alongside Striped-Horse and the ANPG to
team of local workers. “The laboratory will be bring the same value of information to Angola
staffed by Angolan technicians who will process and to be offering a regional database of entirely
and digitise well cuttings, creating a national new subsurface data to the industry,” he com-
digital database containing high-resolution mented. “The appetite for using digital cuttings
images and elemental XRF data for every avail- data to reduce subsurface risk is growing, espe-
able sample,” it explained. “The data will be cially as it becomes more closely integrated with
placed within the existing stratigraphic frame- machine learning workflows.
work for Angola.” Cawthorne also noted that the laboratory
Dilo de Sá, the managing director of SHAL, would be able to contribute to the energy tran-
also played up the local-content angle. “We’re sition in the long run. “We are excited now to
delighted to be given the opportunity to work establish a presence in Angola for the benefit
in partnership with the ANPG, ACEPA (Asso- of not only the petroleum industry, but also
ciação das Companhias de Exploração e Pro- for future stakeholders exploring CO2 storage
dução de Angola) and other future new entrants opportunities and other subsurface technolo-
to Angola using innovative, new geological gies in Angola,” he said. ™

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