{"id":36561,"date":"2025-01-15T14:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T14:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/13-puits-de-petrole-decouverts-dans-le-lac-Kivu-36561\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T14:20:48","slug":"13-puits-de-petrole-decouverts-dans-le-lac-Kivu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/13-puits-de-petrole-decouverts-dans-le-lac-Kivu\/","title":{"rendered":"13 puits de p\u00e9trole decouverts dans le lac Kivu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Francis Kamanzi, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la RMB, a inform\u00e9 les membres du parlement, ce mercredi 15 janvier 2025, la pr\u00e9sence de signes indiquant du p\u00e9trole dans la r\u00e9gion. \u00ab Les recherches pr\u00e9liminaires men\u00e9es dans le lac Kivu ont r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 des puits p\u00e9troliers \u00bb, a-t-il pr\u00e9cis\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Kamanzi a ajout\u00e9 qu&#8217;en raison des d\u00e9couvertes de p\u00e9trole dans les pays voisins, comme l&#8217;Ouganda, il existe une forte probabilit\u00e9 que le lac Kivu, qui fait partie du m\u00eame rift g\u00e9ologique, renfermerait \u00e9galement des r\u00e9serves de p\u00e9trole.<\/p>\n<p>Les recherches p\u00e9troli\u00e8res au Rwanda qui avaient commenc\u00e9 il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 suspendues en 2014. Elles ont repris apr\u00e8s la d\u00e9couverte par l&#8217;entreprise canadienne Black Swan Energy de certaines zones du lac Kivu pouvant contenir du p\u00e9trole et du gaz.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;une des premi\u00e8res indications a \u00e9t\u00e9 la d\u00e9tection de gaz m\u00e9thane dans le lac Kivu, fr\u00e9quemment associ\u00e9 au p\u00e9trole. Kamanzi a exprim\u00e9 son optimisme, estimant que le lac Kivu pourrait abriter des r\u00e9serves de p\u00e9trole plus importantes que celles des autres lacs de la r\u00e9gion.<\/p>\n<p>Bien que les premi\u00e8res \u00e9tudes aient confirm\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sence de p\u00e9trole, des forages suppl\u00e9mentaires sont indispensables pour d\u00e9terminer la quantit\u00e9 exacte et \u00e9valuer la faisabilit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique de son extraction, le co\u00fbt pouvant d\u00e9passer 15 millions de dollars (environ 20 milliards de Frw).<\/p>\n<p>Les recherches pass\u00e9es ont impliqu\u00e9 des forages jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 480 m\u00e8tres de profondeur qui ont permis l&#8217;obtention d&#8217;\u00e9chantillons du fond du lac, confirmant ainsi la pr\u00e9sence de gaz m\u00e9thane et de p\u00e9trole.<\/p>\n<p>La prochaine \u00e9tape consistera \u00e0 utiliser des machines plus sophistiqu\u00e9es pouvant cartographier avec pr\u00e9cision le fond du lac et identifier les r\u00e9serves de p\u00e9trole et de gaz.<\/p>\n<p>Les premiers co\u00fbts d&#8217;exploration s&#8217;\u00e9taient \u00e9lev\u00e9s \u00e0 1,7 milliard de Frw, tandisque les prochaines \u00e9tapes pourraient co\u00fbter entre 8 et 10 milliards de Frw.<\/p>\n<p>Une fois l&#8217;extraction du p\u00e9trole lanc\u00e9e, celui-ci pourrait se pr\u00e9senter sous formes d&#8217;asphalte solide, de diesel, d&#8217;essence, voire de gaz. Des tests suppl\u00e9mentaires permettront de d\u00e9terminer pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment le type de p\u00e9trole pr\u00e9sent.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;extraction du p\u00e9trole suivra un processus similaire \u00e0 celui utilis\u00e9 pour le gaz m\u00e9thane, impliquant des forages profonds et des \u00e9quipements sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s dans le but d&#8217;extraire le p\u00e9trole et le faire remonter \u00e0 la surface.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57025 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/kivu_1.jpg\" alt=\"Le Directeur G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la RMB a indiqu\u00e9 que 13 puits pr\u00e9sentant des signes de pr\u00e9sence de p\u00e9trole ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couverts dans le lac Kivu.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57026 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/kivu_2-3.jpg\" alt=\"Le Pr\u00e9sident de la Commission, le D\u00e9put\u00e9 Nabahire Anasthase, a affirm\u00e9 qu&#039;il est essentiel de promouvoir une exploitation respectueuse des lois de l&#039;environnement.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57027 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/kivu_3.jpg\" alt=\"Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s ont soulign\u00e9 que la pr\u00e9sence de p\u00e9trole au Rwanda constituerait une opportunit\u00e9 devant \u00eatre exploit\u00e9e.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-57028 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/kivu_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L&#8217;Office Rwandais des Mines, du P\u00e9trole et du Gaz (RMB) a annonc\u00e9 une d\u00e9couverte majeure de p\u00e9trole dans le lac Kivu, avec l&#8217;identification de 13 puits lors de recherches r\u00e9centes. Toutefois, des \u00e9tudes compl\u00e9mentaires sont n\u00e9cessaires pour \u00e9valuer la quantit\u00e9 exacte de p\u00e9trole disponible ainsi que les co\u00fbts li\u00e9s \u00e0 son extraction, a pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 la RMB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":4000057029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7565],"tags":[7603,7605],"byline":[9865],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environnement","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-alain-bertrand-tunezerwe"],"bylines":[{"id":9865,"name":"Alain Bertrand Tunezerwe","slug":"alain-bertrand-tunezerwe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":488}],"contributors":[{"id":9865,"name":"Alain Bertrand Tunezerwe","slug":"alain-bertrand-tunezerwe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":488}],"featured_image":{"id":4000057029,"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/kivu_cp.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/kivu_cp.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/kivu_cp.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/kivu_cp.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/kivu_cp.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/kivu_cp.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4000057029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36561"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=36561"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=36561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}