NAMIBIA: TotalEnergies Makes a Significant Discovery at the Venus Prospect

TotalEnergies has made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in block 2913B in the Orange Basin, offshore southern Namibia. The Venus 1-X … Read More

NAMIBIA: Shell’s Sizeable Oil Discovery Means Huge Opportunity For Economic Growth

The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) – alongside partners Shell Namibia Upstream B.V. and Qatar Energy – have announced the discovery of sizeable quantities of light oil in both … Read More

NAMIBIA: Shell Strikes Oil at Graff-1 Deepwater Wildcat

The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR), the Namibian state-owned oil company, and its partners, Shell Namibia Upstream B.V and Qatar Energy, are pleased to announce that the Graff-1 deep-water … Read More

NAMIBIA: Monitor Exploration Announces Commencement of EIA and EMP for Seismic Operations

Monitor Exploration has announced it closed 2021 by commencing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP), engaging Risk-Based Solutions (RBS) of Dr. Sindila Mwiya and his team. Upon completion, Monitor … Read More

Namibia’s International Energy Conference Set for April 2022 to Drive Investment into an Energy Mix

The 4th edition of the Namibia’s International Energy Conference will be held from 20th – 22nd April 2022 in Windhoek, Namibia, organized by Rich Africa Consultancy. It is going to be the official meeting … Read More

NAMIBIA: Why PanContinental’s Hopes Linger on Venus -1, Graff-1 Drilling Results

French major TotalEnergies has commenced drilling its ultra-deep Venus-1 well in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia On-trend, Pancontinental has mapped the very large Saturn turbidite complex in PEL 87. Saturn is geologically similar to Total’s Venus Prospect Venus and Saturn overlie the same high-quality mature Oil Source Rock, and both lie immediately … Read More

NAMIBIA: TotalEnergies Spuds Venus-1X exploration well in offshore Block 2913B

Block 2913B JV partner Impact Oil & Gas Limited has announced the spud of the Venus-1X offshore exploration well in Namibia Block 2913B (PEL 56). The well is being drilled … Read More