{"id":14851,"date":"2025-04-11T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14851"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:53:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:53:24","slug":"namibia-reconnaissance-energy-africa-provides-drilling-update-on-prospect-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconnaissance-energy-africa-provides-drilling-update-on-prospect-i\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMIBIA: Reconnaissance Energy Africa Provides Drilling update on Prospect I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd announces a drilling update on Prospect I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/reconafrica-provides-drilling-update-on-prospect-i-851360357.html#\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2661760\/Reconnaissance_Energy_Africa_Ltd__RECONAFRICA_PROVIDES_DRILLING.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DRILLING SCHEMATIC \u2013 PROSPECT I (CNW Group\/Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.)\" title=\"DRILLING SCHEMATIC \u2013 PROSPECT I (CNW Group\/Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.)\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DRILLING SCHEMATIC \u2013 PROSPECT I (CNW Group\/Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/reconafrica-provides-drilling-update-on-prospect-i-851360357.html#\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2661545\/Reconnaissance_Energy_Africa_Ltd__RECONAFRICA_PROVIDES_DRILLING.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PROSPECT I ATTRIBUTES (CNW Group\/Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.)\" title=\"PROSPECT I ATTRIBUTES (CNW Group\/Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.)\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PROSPECT I ATTRIBUTES (CNW Group\/Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prospect I is located onshore\u00a0Namibia\u00a0in Petroleum Exploration Licence 073 (PEL73) and is the Company&#8217;s largest prospect to be drilled so far. It is targeting 365 million barrels of\u00a0unrisked and 32 million barrels of risked prospective light\/medium oil resources, or 1.9 trillion cubic feet of unrisked and 140 billion cubic feet of risked prospective natural gas resources, on a 100% working interest basis, based on the most recent prospective resources report prepared by Netherland, Sewell, &amp; Associates, Inc. (NSAI), an independent qualified reserves evaluator. Prospect I is noted as location 63 in the NSAI report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Brian Reinsborough, President and CEO of ReconAfrica stated:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8220;We are excited to be making great progress ahead of drilling one of the Company&#8217;s largest and most attractive prospects. The results of the Naingopo exploration well announced in&nbsp;January 2025&nbsp;increased our confidence in the potential for Prospect I. We remain on track to spud the well this quarter and are looking forward to unlocking the significant potential of the Damara Fold Belt.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DRILLING PLANS UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pre-construction activities are continuing on schedule and the pre-drill evaluation is complete. The drilling schematic (below) demonstrates that we are targeting a drilling depth of 3,800 metres with the potential to drill deeper, as we did for the Naingopo exploration well. The thickness of the Otavi section is expected to be approximately 1,500 metres to 1,800 metres depending on how deep we are able to drill. The learnings from the Naingopo exploration well have improved our understanding of the Damara Fold Belt with respect to our geologic model including time and depth migration for the Mulden and Otavi sections. This is the same reservoir where we encountered over 50 metres of reservoir quality carbonates and encountered oil shows in the Naingopo well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd announces a drilling update on Prospect I. Prospect I is located onshore\u00a0Namibia\u00a0in Petroleum Exploration Licence 073 (PEL73) and is the Company&#8217;s largest prospect to be drilled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconnaissance-energy-africa-provides-drilling-update-on-prospect-i\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13551,"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":[10801,11584,1675,11269,11917,11910,7589,10011],"class_list":["post-14851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-damara-fold-belt","tag-naingopo-exploration-well","tag-namibia","tag-nsai","tag-pel73","tag-prospect-i","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\/04\/Namibia-Kavango-Basin-Map-120321-1200x724-1.png?fit=1200%2C724&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3Rx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13812,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-receives-environmental-clearance-certificate-to-drill-12-new-wells-in-the-kavango-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":14851,"position":0},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Receives Environmental Clearance Certificate to Drill 12 New Wells in the Kavango Basin","author":"","date":"July 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"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 an area of ~6.3 million acres (~25,000 km2), in northeastern Namibia. 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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":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":14851,"position":2},"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":14388,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-spuds-the-naingopo-exploration-well-on-pel-73\/","url_meta":{"origin":14851,"position":3},"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. Additionally, the Company announces a joint venture update as well as a warrant exercise update. 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