Petroleum Developments in Africa in 1949

Abstract

Petroleum production from Africa reached an all-time high of nearly 16 million barrels in 1949. More than 99 per cent of this production was from Egypt, the small remainder coming from French Morocco and Algeria. Drilling exploration during the year was carried out in Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, French Equatorial Africa, French Morocco, and Tunisia. Geophysical and geological exploration for petroleum was in progress in Algeria, Cameroons, Egypt, Ethiopia, French Equatorial Africa, French Morocco, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Uganda. This work in party months was approximately as follows: seismograph--46; gravity--68; ground magnetometer--17; airborne magnetometer--3; telluric prospecting--32; surface geology--124; core drilling--12?. Extensive new oil conc ssion applications were made in Tunisia.