{"id":13812,"date":"2023-07-17T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=13812"},"modified":"2023-07-17T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:29:56","slug":"namibia-reconafrica-receives-environmental-clearance-certificate-to-drill-12-new-wells-in-the-kavango-basin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-receives-environmental-clearance-certificate-to-drill-12-new-wells-in-the-kavango-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Receives Environmental Clearance Certificate to Drill 12 New Wells in the Kavango Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reconnaissance Energy Africa  it has received its Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the Office of the Environmental Commissioner, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, covering<br>PEL 73 licence, which extends over an area of ~6.3 million acres (~25,000 km2), in northeastern Namibia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ECC authorizes ReconAfrica to commence the drilling of an additional 12 exploration and<br>appraisal wells, to unrestricted depths, in the Kavango Basin, in Namibia from July 4, 2023,<br>until July 4, 2026. The primary objective of the upcoming drilling program is to establish<br>commercial accumulations of oil and or natural gas and natural gas liquids which were<br>identified in the first three stratigraphic test wells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Management\u2019s current focus in the 3rd &amp; 4th quarter of 2023 is developing and prioritizing its prospect inventory in order to execute a multiwell drilling program targeting both primary plays; the Damara Fold Belt and the Karoo Rift Basin, with initial emphasis on the Damara Fold Belt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reconnaissance Energy Africa it has received its Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the Office of the Environmental Commissioner, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, coveringPEL 73 licence, which extends over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-receives-environmental-clearance-certificate-to-drill-12-new-wells-in-the-kavango-basin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13813,"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":false,"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":[10801,10674,7587,8312,7589,10011],"class_list":["post-13812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-damara-fold-belt","tag-environmental-clearance-certificate","tag-kavango-basin","tag-pel-73","tag-reconafrica","tag-reconnaissance-energy-africa","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Namibia-Damara-Fold.jpg?fit=750%2C418&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3AM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12582,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-gets-3-year-extension-to-its-ecc-covering-pel-73\/","url_meta":{"origin":13812,"position":0},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Gets 3-year Extension to its ECC Covering PEL 73","author":"","date":"August 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"ReconAfrica has received a three year extension to its Environmental Clearance Certificate, from the Office of the Environmental Commissioner, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism of the Republic of Namibia, covering the entire PEL 73 permit, which covers over 6.3 million acres (25,000 km2), in northeast Namibia. The ECC authorizes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-East-West-Seismic.jpg?fit=750%2C443&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-East-West-Seismic.jpg?fit=750%2C443&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-East-West-Seismic.jpg?fit=750%2C443&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-East-West-Seismic.jpg?fit=750%2C443&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10595,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-namcor-granted-2d-seismic-permit-for-the-kavango-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":13812,"position":1},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica &#038; NAMCOR Granted 2D Seismic Permit for the Kavango Basin","author":"","date":"July 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa has announced that the Republic of Namibia\u2019s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has issued on Friday July 2, 2021 the Environmental Clearance Certificate (\u201cECC\u201d) for the initial 2D seismic program to be conducted in the Petroleum Exploration License No. 73 in the Kavango East and West\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-East-West-Seismic.jpg?fit=750%2C443&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-East-West-Seismic.jpg?fit=750%2C443&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-East-West-Seismic.jpg?fit=750%2C443&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Namibia-East-West-Seismic.jpg?fit=750%2C443&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10440,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-namcor-reconafrica-sign-joa-that-seeks-to-unlock-oil-gas-potential\/","url_meta":{"origin":13812,"position":2},"title":"NAMIBIA: NAMCOR, ReconAfrica Sign JOA that Seeks to Unlock Oil &#038; Gas Potential","author":"","date":"June 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) and Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. have announce the execution of a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) to develop the resource potential of the Kavango Sedimentary Basin, Northeast Namibia. Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly pursue an ongoing petroleum exploration program in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9679,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-spuds-the-6-2-well-in-the-deep-kavango-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":13812,"position":3},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Spuds the (6-2) well  in the Deep Kavango Basin","author":"","date":"January 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (ReconAfrica) \u00a0has commenced drilling operations on the first well (6-2), of an initial three well program, in the deep Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert of North East Namibia. Drilling Operations With the Company owned and operated 1,000 HP rig (Jarvie-1), we are now drilling ahead\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ReconAfrica-Rig.jpg?fit=403%2C518&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9724,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-begins-450-km-2d-seismic-program-in-the-reconnaissance-energy-africa-ltd-the-company-or-reconafrica-tsxv-reco-otcqx-recaf-frankfurt-0xd-is-pleased-to-announce\/","url_meta":{"origin":13812,"position":4},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Begins 450 km 2D Seismic Program in the Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert","author":"","date":"January 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. has announced that it has commenced the permitting process for the acquisition of 450 kilometers of 2D seismic data in the deep Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert of North East Namibia. \u00a0To execute the program, the Company has contracted Polaris Natural Resources Inc,\u00a0based in\u00a0Calgary, Alberta,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kavango-Basin-2.jpg?fit=646%2C429&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kavango-Basin-2.jpg?fit=646%2C429&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kavango-Basin-2.jpg?fit=646%2C429&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9624,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-to-drill-in-the-kavango-basin-this-january\/","url_meta":{"origin":13812,"position":5},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica to Drill in the Kavango Basin this January","author":"","date":"January 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. 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