As Offshore Nigeria enters a third decade of deep-water exploration, unsuccessful wells in the structures of the deep-water Outer Fold and Thrust Belt have spurred a reevaluation of plays in the regional basin. Key lines from a newly-acquired seismic data set having 10 km long-offset, deep-tow acquisition parameters, and modern PSDM processing are examined here and show significant improvements in deep imaging. The interpretation of these lines advances the understanding the Paleogene Akata Shale and structural styles of mobile shale features and focuses new attention towards exploration leads of older sediments in intermediate water depths of the Inner Fold...