Eliis and Searcher Partner to Bring Fresh Insights to the Orange Basin

Press Release. Montpellier/Perth – 3 November 2025

Eliis and Searcher have announced a strategic partnership to analyse extensive seismic data from the Orange Basin. The project will leverage Eliis’s PaleoScan™ software to screen and interpret Searcher’s large scale 3D multi-client seismic surveys.

The collaboration focuses on Searcher’s comprehensive 3D data, which covers over 20,000 square kilometres of the prospective Orange Basin offshore Namibia and South Africa. This large-scale dataset provides a crucial tool for regional exploration and de-risking new play fairways in the area.

PaleoScan™ will be used to rapidly screen and interrogate the high-quality 3D seismic data. The software platform uses a patented Relative Geological Time (RGT) model and AI-assisted functionality to automate parts of the interpretation workflow. This approach accelerates stratigraphic modelling and provides valuable geological insights with greater speed and precision, which is ideal for frontier exploration projects.

“We are partnering with Eliis to provide the industry with detailed insights into the evolution of the prospective depositional systems, enabling prospect high-grading and shortening the exploration cycle,” said Karyna Rodriguez, VP Global New Ventures at Searcher.

“We are excited to work alongside Searcher on this important project,” said François Lafferriere, COO at Eliis. “The Orange Basin represents a frontier of hydrocarbon potential, and PaleoScan™’s unique approach to seismic interpretation will provide valuable support in screening and evaluating this high-quality dataset. This collaboration underscores our dedication to advancing geoscience technology and helping our partners accelerate their understanding of complex subsurface geology.

Initial screening has already revealed promising geological features. The process has clearly defined large basin floor fan systems from the Cretaceous period, located above the Aptian source rock. The data also shows well-defined channels and evidence of reworking by contourite currents.