{"id":14657,"date":"2025-01-31T08:57:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14657"},"modified":"2025-01-31T08:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:57:52","slug":"namibia-naingopolog-well-unsuccessful-despite-indications-of-oil-reconafrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-naingopolog-well-unsuccessful-despite-indications-of-oil-reconafrica\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMIBIA: Naingopolog Well Unsuccessful Despite Indications of Oil &#8211; ReconAfrica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Highlights of the Naingopo well:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Encountered over\u00a0<strong><em>50 metres net reservoir\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>in the Otavi Group, derived from log analysis and indications of oil, which will be further confirmed from side wall cores.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Indications of oil observed\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>from the Damara Fold Belt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow-on\u00a0<strong><em>drilling in the Damara Fold Belt is accelerated to drill Prospect I\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>ahead of Kambundu, which is expected to spud in\u00a0July 2025\u00a0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Brian Reinsborough&nbsp;, President and CEO of the Company stated:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;We are excited about the results of this well, which opens the play and demonstrates a working petroleum system within the Damara Fold Belt. The importance of finding over 50 metres of net reservoir with indications of oil in this well is significant. The primary objective in the Otavi above the main fault was not penetrated due to seismic uncertainties, however, the Otavi was penetrated at predicted depth below the main fault, which contained evidence of oil. Further drilling is planned to delineate the full extent of the Damara Fold Belt play. Multiple indications of oil were encountered in the Naingopo well and we plan to continue to analyse all fluid and rock samples, which may take several months. Based on our technical learnings from the Naingopo well results, we have further derisked Prospect I and plan to drill this prospect ahead of Kambundu.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Chris Sembritzky\u00a0, Senior Vice President of Exploration of the Company stated:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;I want to thank and congratulate our technical team for their technical rigor and efforts, which contributed to this success. Finding the presence of oil in the Otavi, as well as reservoir at these depths is critical for the opening of the Damara Fold Belt play. The Naingopo well was invaluable for unlocking our understanding of the play, as well as for further derisking the petroleum system elements and specific prospects. We may return to Naingopo for further appraisal drilling to fully test the extent of the structure. With the acquisition and processing of the Vertical Seismic Profile, we feel confident that any uncertainty with structure has been eliminated with respect to Prospect I. We are excited to move to our next prospect as we seek to unlock the significant resource potential of the Damara Fold Belt.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Naingopo Exploration Well<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Naingopo well reached a total depth of 4,184 metres on&nbsp;November 26, 2024&nbsp;. The well proved the occurrence of both the Mulden and Otavi stratigraphy. The well encountered 52 metres of net reservoir in the Otavi Group, with the Mulden reservoirs being tighter than expected. The Naingopo VSP has allowed us to correlate the well results to the Otavi seismic event, derisking the Otavi presence in future Damara Fold Belt prospects. Additionally, the indication of oil via rock fluorescence was pervasive within the Otavi Group. This interval of fluorescence was associated with oil being recovered at surface in the drilling mud system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Future Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Side wall cores, isotubes, cuttings and fluid samples are currently with third party service providers for analysis. Additionally, the VSP processing is being finalized, along with the structural and stratigraphic interpretations from the formation image logs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the plan to move next to Prospect I in the Damara Fold Belt, we are advancing permitting for our planned 3D seismic acquisition program, which is expected to include both Rift Basin and Damara Fold Belt locations and will be conducted by vibroseis. We expect to commence 3D seismic acquisition in the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ReconAfrica holds a 70% working interest in PEL 73 and is operator of the concession. Partners are BW Energy Limited with a 20% working interest and NAMCOR with a 10% working interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of the Naingopo well: Brian Reinsborough&nbsp;, President and CEO of the Company stated:&nbsp;&#8220;We are excited about the results of this well, which opens the play and demonstrates a working &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-naingopolog-well-unsuccessful-despite-indications-of-oil-reconafrica\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14389,"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":[7742,10801,11755,11754,7913,1675,8312,7589],"class_list":["post-14657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-bw-energy","tag-damara-fold-belt","tag-kambundu","tag-naingopo-well","tag-namcor","tag-namibia","tag-pel-73","tag-reconafrica","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Namibia-Naingopo-1.png?fit=633%2C375&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3Op","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14388,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-spuds-the-naingopo-exploration-well-on-pel-73\/","url_meta":{"origin":14657,"position":0},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Spuds the Naingopo exploration well on PEL 73","author":"","date":"July 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa and its joint venture partner NAMCOR have announced the spudding of the Naingopo exploration well on Petroleum Exploration Licence 73 (PEL 73), onshore northeast\u00a0Namibia. 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To date, initial surveying activity has been completed, with debushing activities ongoing and demining activities set to be undertaken in the coming weeks. As a result of the progress to date, the Company says it has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Damara Fold Belt\"","block_context":{"text":"Damara Fold Belt","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tag\/damara-fold-belt\/"},"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":14372,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-announces-upcoming-spud-of-the-naingopo-exploration-well-pel-73\/","url_meta":{"origin":14657,"position":2},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Announces Upcoming Spud of the Naingopo Exploration Well, PEL 73","author":"","date":"June 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa announces an operations update with respect to activity relating to Petroleum Exploration Licence 73 (PEL 73), onshore northeast Namibia, and an update on the joint venture process. 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