Paper Summary
The Namibe Basin represents a globally significant frontier hydrocarbon region located offshore southern Angola. During the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, the eastern Atlantic margin developed as the conjugate margin to the prolific hydrocarbon bearing Santos and Campos basins. Although recent research describes the conjugate margins of Kwanza/Campos and Namibe/Santos as asymmetrical with each basin containing slightly different petroleum elements, discoveries of supergiant oil fields such as Lula in the Santos Basin and Linguado in the Campos Basin have led to previously overlooked pre-salt targets of the eastern Atlantic margin to be re-assessed. The resulting exploration of the eastern Atlantic margin has been rapid with significant discoveries made in neighbouring Angolan basins.