Afren East African Exploration (EAX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Afren plc (Afren) has commenced a major 3D seismic programme in the Seychelles, the first 3D survey to be conducted in the country.

The programme will consist of two surveys in Afren's licence areas that extend over a combined area of approximately 14,319 km² on the Seychelles micro-continent. The areas are located in shallow to deep water in the Northern half of the Seychelles Plateau. A number of attractive prospects have been identified during the interpretation of 3,733 km of 2D seismic data which were acquired in 2011/2012. The 2011/2012 2D survey was designed to better reveal the areas' true prospectivity, following the earlier identification of several large scale structures.

The first 3D survey will be conducted in the southern portion of the licence over the Bonit prospect and this will cover 600 km². The second survey will be in the northern section of the licence area and will cover an area of 2,750 km². In this area, significant prospectivity exists in both Cretaceous and Jurassic intervals.

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