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Sintana Energy says affiliate Custos completes 3D seismic acquisition program in Namibia’s Orange Basin

Guyana and Namibia’s oil reserves are estimated to be identical at 11 billion barrels, according to recent data released by…

Independent data confirms vast scale of reserves in Africa’s latest frontier play

A series of oil discoveries in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia in the past 18 months could hold as much…

The Prime Minister Hon Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila on Wednesday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to socioeconomic development and environmental stewardship, following the…

The Orange Basin, offshore Namibia, is currently one of the hottest oil and gas exploration districts anywhere in the world.

Lisbon-based Galp Energia, who owns 80% of two petroleum exploration licenses (PELs) offshore Namibia, is getting ready to spud the…

“In September we’ll have the results of the first test, which is very important. Productivity per well is important, if…

TotalEnergies is days away from carrying out the first production test on its blockbusting Venus oil discovery offshore Namibia, amid…

Oil major Shell is reported to have made a fourth successive discovery offshore Namibia, according to Upstream, after hitting pay…

The past several weeks has been full of rumours and speculation about the size of the oil and gas discoveries…

Oil and gas companies have intensified the hunt for new deposits in a long-term bet on demand, as they reinvest…

Offshore drilling rig owner Northern Ocean said Wednesday that its Deepsea Mira semi-submersible drilling rig had kicked off its drilling…

Minister’s comments taken “out of context”, allies say Namibia scrambling to ensure resources benefit nation County dubbed “new Guyana” after…

Supermajor extends contract for semisub drilling latest wildcat, with chief executive expected to highlight Namibia oil drive in next month’s…

Australian major will analyse 3D seismic before deciding whether to take stake in promising Orange basin block and drill wildcat

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has secured a contract extension from the UK-headquartered Shell for operations in Namibia, where the…

(WO) –Sintana Energy Inc. announced that Custos Investments (Pty) Ltd., one of its Namibian affiliates (together with Custos Energy (Pty)…

BW Energy says a 3D seismic survey has finished over its license offshore Namibia, with gravity and magnetic datasets also…

President and director Robert Bose joins Proactive to discuss the Annual Offshore Conference held in Namibia, attended by heads of…

Sintana Energy (TSX-V:SEI, OTCQB:SEUSF) announced that a rig contract has been signed for an initial exploration drilling campaign at Petroleum…

Portuguese oil and gas company Galp has hired a semi-submersible rig, owned by SFL Corporation (SFL) and managed by Odfjell…

A 3D survey over Petroleum Exploration License 87 (PEL 87) and surrounding area in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia is…

Oil and gas company Sintana Energy said Friday that over 50% of 3D seismic survey data has been gathered from…

Sintana Energy Inc. (TSX-V: SEI, OTCQB: SEUSF) (“Sintana” or the “Company”) is pleased to confirm that over fifty per cent…

Shell has applied to amend its Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) with Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism to allow…

Pancontinental Energy (PCL) has gathered more than 50 per cent of the data from a major 6872-square-kilometre seismic survey in…

Woodside Energy (GOM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Australia’s Woodside Energy Group, has entered into an option deed with Pancontinental’s…

UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has made a new oil discovery in an exploration well offshore Namibia with Northern Ocean’s Deepsea…

Norway’s seismic company PGS has commenced a 3D seismic survey over a license offshore Namibia on behalf of Pancontinental Orange,…

French energy giant TotalEnergies is in the process of starting a multi-well appraisal and exploration drilling programme in Namibia, following…

Multi-well programme in Namibia due to commence before the end of February, targeting up to four wells

French oil major TotalEnergies is set to embark on a multi-well appraisal and exploration program offshore Nambia, where it made…

TotalEnergies has decided to mobilise almost 50% of its global exploration budget to Namibia this year as it hopes to…

Namibia, Brazil, and Algeria scored major discoveries in 2022 as the industry drilled fewer exploration wells but found better and…

Shell spudded the Jonker well in December. “I’m not saying anything apart from to say it is going well, it…

Shell has reportedly made another major discovery of hydrocarbons, the main components of oil and gas in the Orange Basin.…

The temperature is up again in Namibia’s Orange basin, the world’s hottest new hydrocarbon hunting ground. Shell reportedly found hydrocarbons…

Breakthrough discoveries in the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia, at Venus by TotalEnergies and Graff and La Rona by Shell opened…

he deep-water Orange Basin of f shore Namibia, where TotalEnergies and Shell last year confirmed the largest oil discovery of…

Cementing Africa’s upstream revival, 2023 will see the launch of several multi-well drilling campaigns across the southern and western parts…

Breakthrough discoveries in the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia, at Venus by TotalEnergies and Graff and La Rona by Shell opened…

Representing one of the final frontiers for hydrocarbon exploration and with much of its oil and gas resources largely untapped,…

Three floating rigs should be working by next summer, says Evercore ISI.

Majors are looking to fast-track a string of oil and gas discoveries in deepwater off southern Africa, in what could…

Northern Ocean Ltd’s semi-submersible drilling rig, Deepsea Bollsta, has arrived in Namibia and started its contract with Shell.

The Republic of Namibia – also known as the “Land of the Brave” – is a largely unexplored frontier. The…

TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, announced last week plans to start 3D Seismic surveys in the…

When TotalEnergies and Shell separately announced “significant” discoveries of what appears to be commercial quantities of oil and gas offshore…

Africa Oil expects the TotalEnergies-led partnership in Block 2913B offshore Namibia to start appraisal drilling early next year on the…

Namibia’s frontier hydrocarbon potential has been clearly defined with two major discoveries made by Shell and TotalEnergies this year and…

… As U.S. Supermajor Focuses On High Potential Orange Basin

TotalEnergies and its co-venturers are preparing for a new drilling campaign offshore Namibia.

38 high-impact exploration wells were drilled in the first half of 2022, similar to the same period in 2021 when…

ReconAfrica’s 8-2 probe in onshore Kavango basin is first of four wells set to be drilled in virgin area

The vast and—in many areas, remote—Southwest African Coastal Basin has drawn global exploration companies to its offshore waters for decades.

Oil and gas exploration company Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas and its partners are planning to spud an exploration well…

Portuguese oil and gas company Galp has secured an extension for an exploration licence located offshore Namibia close to Shell’s…

Shell’s and TotalEnergies’ Graff and Venus deepwater discoveries off Namibia have put southern Africa under the exploration spotlight. With deepwater…

The stake sale could earn the British oil and gas exploration company between $500m and $1bn.

Both TotalEnergies’ Venus Orange Basin and Shell’s Graff discoveries which were made during the first quarter of 2022 have not…

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (the “Company” or “ReconAfrica”) (TSXV: RECO) (OTCQX: RECAF) (Frankfurt: 0XD) announces the filing of the first…

SOUTHERN AFRICA is consolidating its position as an exploration hotspot. Recent activity led by the majors has confirmed Namibia’s long-suspected…

Following Shell’s recent oil discovery in Namibia, French oil major TotalEnergies has also made a significant discovery of light oil…

The French company said the well had found 84 metres of net oil pay in a good quality Lower Cretaceous…

Namibia has over 11 billion barrels of oil and 2.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and yet, much of…

Oil and gas giant Shell has made an oil discovery in its exploration well located in the Orange Basin offshore…

BW Energy is looking to develop the Kudu gas field offshore Namibia by converting the semisubmersible drilling rig Leo to…

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BW Kudu Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BW Energy, and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) have signed a…