Exploration Block 2B in South Africa is located offshore on the Atlantic coast just  south of the border with Namibia. A small oil discovery was previously made in the exploration area. As a result, the next step in this licence  will be to drill an appraisal well to ascertain the size, extent, and production volumes, and thus establish that this is a commercially strong oil project.

An analysis of the A-J1 discovery was completed in June 2015, which found that the reservoir contains contingent 2C resources totalling 37 million barrels, with an average of  56  million barrels of oil and considerable potential beyond that with up to 118 million barrels of oil in the form of 3C resources.

Crown Energy owns a 10 per cent interest and the farm-out agreement stipulates that the licence partner Africa Energy will pay for all costs associated with the next drilling within the licence area, including additional well testing. Africa Energy, which owns the remaining 90 per cent, is the licence operator. In February 2018, the authorities in South Africa approved an application to enter the next two-year phase, which includes drilling. The operator has prepared all the technical work required to identify the optimal location for drilling an appraisal well. The operator has also commenced logistics activities, including early procurement of required equipment.