What unites Namibia and Mar del Plata? According to geologists a common story in oil wealth. They indicate the proximity that America had with Africa millions of years ago and conclude that both continents have similar fossil fuel deposits underneath.
The truth is that the recent discovery of the Anglo-Dutch Shell and the French Total on the coasts of southern Africa has made us reflect on what YPF technicians have suspected for decades. And it is that 300 kilometers offshore and at a depth of 1,500 meters there is abundant oil.
This statement explains the consortium that has formed between the Norwegian state oil company Equinor, YPF and Shell to explore what they see as a very limited window of opportunity in a world that is quickly move away from fossil fuels.
Permission to explore this area arrived last week. First with a second degree sentence and then with a resolution of the Ministry of the Environment.
According to the oil companies, the process has taken longer than necessary. So much so that the ship, one of the few in the world that carries out seismic explorations with special sensors and which belongs to the Chinese company BGP, Tired of waiting in the port of Montevideo, he left for Suriname.
I am waiting for you it cost the companies $6 million. The ship is called Prospector. And now I’m in full negotiation for his return to Argentina. They must take advantage of the summer to do the work.
Source: Clarin
