{"id":10365,"date":"2021-04-16T07:14:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T07:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=10365"},"modified":"2021-05-26T07:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T07:26:52","slug":"namibia-reconafricas-1st-well-proves-working-conventional-petroleum-system-in-the-kavango-basin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafricas-1st-well-proves-working-conventional-petroleum-system-in-the-kavango-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica&#8217;s 1st Well Proves Working Conventional Petroleum System in the Kavango Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>First Drill Site (6-2 well)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe well sample log of the 6-2 provides over 200 meters (over 660 feet) of oil and natural<br \/>\ngas indicators\/shows over three discrete intervals in a stacked sequence of reservoir and<br \/>\nsource rock. Extraction of oil from these samples and subsequent fingerprinting for key<br \/>\ncharacteristics of the liquids, supports an active petroleum system with multiple source<br \/>\nintervals.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Jarvie, petroleum systems chemist and member of ReconAfrica\u2019s Advisory Board<br \/>\nstated \u201cThese shows are indicative of migrated, thermogenic petroleum and occur over<br \/>\nthree different intervals in the 6-2 test well. The intervals penetrated include highly porous, permeable sediments and marine source rocks as predicted, and an extensive marine carbonate lithofacies. Mud gas results indicate a high BTU gas with the presence of light oil in numerous cutting samples. Based on these initial results, the components and processes for a working petroleum system are all present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Working closely with MME and ReconAfrica to provide further detailed analysis of all data are premier industry service companies including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Core Laboratories\u00a0 of Houston, Texas in the analysis of potential reservoir rocks, and<br \/>\nGeoMark Research, Houston, Texas on geochemical analysis of source rocks and<br \/>\nextracted liquids, including \u201cfingerprinting\u201d for key characteristics, and<br \/>\nNetherland Sewell &amp; Associates Inc, Dallas, Texas for petrophysical analysis (rock<br \/>\nproperties and associated liquids) and additional geologic analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Second Drill Site (6-1 Well)<\/strong><br \/>\nWith drilling, coring and logging operations now complete on the 6-2 location, the<br \/>\nCompany owned rig is being mobilized to the 6-1 location, 16 kms (10 miles) north of 6-<br \/>\n2 drill site. This second well is designed to evaluate the petroleum systems discovered in<br \/>\nthe first well (6-2) in an area of maximum thickness.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Thomas Alweendo, Namibian Minister of Mines and Energy stated, \u201cThis is a great<br \/>\nperiod for the people of Namibia, with the results of the well confirming a big potential for a very valuable energy resource for our country and therefore a significant development for Namibia onshore exploration efforts. The positive results of this well have provided us with the critical information required to unlock the country\u2019s petroleum prospectivity and is the first step in the process of locating significant accumulations, we can now confidently confirm Namibia is endowed with an active onshore petroleum basin.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Drill Site (6-2 well) The well sample log of the 6-2 provides over 200 meters (over 660 feet) of oil and natural gas indicators\/shows over three discrete intervals in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafricas-1st-well-proves-working-conventional-petroleum-system-in-the-kavango-basin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7445,11],"tags":[9316,9317,9318,9321,9102,7587,1675,9319,9320,7589],"class_list":["post-10365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-6-1-well","tag-6-2","tag-core-laboratories","tag-geochemical-analysis","tag-geomark-research","tag-kavango-basin","tag-namibia","tag-netherland-sewell-associates","tag-petrophysical-analysis","tag-reconafrica","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2Hb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9999,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-commences-drilling-operations-in-the-kavango-sedimentary-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":10365,"position":0},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Commences Drilling Operations in the Kavango Sedimentary Basin","author":"","date":"March 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"ReconAfrica has commenced drilling operations on the first well (6-2), of an initial three well program to evaluate potential hydrocarbon systems in one of five major sub-basins of the larger, more laterally extensive, deep Kavango basin. 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