As Soma Oil & Gas celebrate a decade of commitment to Somalia’s energy future, Canesis Data share that long-term vision and are proud to mark their own 10-year milestone in the region.

Canesis Data's journey in Somalia began in 2016 with a critical mission: to rescue and restore exploration archives that were nearly lost to history. Following the destruction of central archives in the early 1990s, high-quality data was in extremely short supply. Canesis Data stepped in to bridge that gap by cataloguing, vectorizing, and digitizing the legacy data that survived.

Building the Digital Foundation

Today, what began as a restoration project has evolved into a comprehensive and definitive Somali exploration database. Canesis Data provide the technical framework necessary to de-risk this frontier basin:

Restored Seismic Grid: Over 10,000 line km of modernized 2D seismic across every major province, including the Hafun-Gumbah, Mudugh, and Lamu-Juba basins.

Deep Well Control: Digital logs (LAS) and technical reports for 50 pivotal wells, providing the calibration needed for reservoir and source evaluation.

Integrated Potential Fields: Digitized gravity and magnetic datasets that resolve complex basement architecture.

From Archives to Discovery

As the industry shifts toward an advanced exploration phase and looks for "workstation-ready" insights, the value of this modernized archive has never been higher. The company's data is being utilized by the world’s leading energy companies to evaluate what is truly one of the world’s last great hydrocarbon frontiers.

Progress in frontier markets starts with data. Canesis Data are proud to have spent the last decade ensuring that Somalia’s geological potential is visible, digital, and ready for the next decade of discovery.

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