{"id":15802,"date":"2026-05-22T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15802"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:45:58","slug":"namibia-reconafrica-provides-kavango-west-1x-operational-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-provides-kavango-west-1x-operational-update\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Provides Kavango West 1X Operational Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preparations for downhole production testing are advancing with equipment, trucks and crews arriving on site.&nbsp;&nbsp; Permits required to begin production testing have been received from the regulatory authorities for both ReconAfrica and its service suppliers. The cement bond log test is scheduled to begin at the end of this week and downhole perforation operations and flow testing are scheduled to begin before the end of May, following the arrival of final service items on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Production testing could take up to 10 days in a single zone, and the total production test is estimated to take up to 60 days. Production casing has been set to total depth of the well which will allow the KW1X wellbore to be utilized as future producer upon successful test results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ReconAfrica continues to take the steps required to advance appraisal drilling locations on the Kavango discovery following the completion of the production test at KW1X.\u00a0\u00a0 Preparations for the appraisal well are proceeding with specific permitting applications and site preparations underway for the Kavango West 2A (KW2A) appraisal well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparations for downhole production testing are advancing with equipment, trucks and crews arriving on site.&nbsp;&nbsp; Permits required to begin production testing have been received from the regulatory authorities for both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-provides-kavango-west-1x-operational-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[12240,12504,12505,1675,7589],"class_list":["post-15802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-kavango-west-1x","tag-kavango-west-2a","tag-kw1x-wellbore","tag-namibia","tag-reconafrica","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-46S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15783,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-progresses-toward-kavango-west-1x-production-test\/","url_meta":{"origin":15802,"position":0},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Progresses Toward Kavango West 1X Production Test","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"May 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"ReconAfrica (operator), along with partners NAMCOR and BW Energy, have progressed downhole testing operations at Kavango West 1X (KW1X). Equipment and services have been arriving on site, which have been procured from both Namibian and international companies to conduct this first-of-its-kind production test in Namibia. 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The well encountered 64 net metres (210 feet) of hydrocarbon pay, verified by wireline logs and supported by mud log anomalies. 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The offering which raised aggregate gross proceeds of C$36,800,098 was supported by the recent success at the Kavango West 1X well and the addition of\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\/2026\/01\/ReconAfrica-Angola-MOU-April-2025.png?fit=884%2C643&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ReconAfrica-Angola-MOU-April-2025.png?fit=884%2C643&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ReconAfrica-Angola-MOU-April-2025.png?fit=884%2C643&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ReconAfrica-Angola-MOU-April-2025.png?fit=884%2C643&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15435,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/reconafrica-provides-year-end-operational-update-progressing-projects-in-namibia-angola-gabon\/","url_meta":{"origin":15802,"position":3},"title":"ReconAfrica Provides Year-End Operational Update Progressing Projects in Namibia, Angola &amp; Gabon","author":"","date":"December 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Brian Reinsborough, President & CEO, commented:\u00a0\u201cWe have had an active and productive 2025 in which we advanced the Company on multiple strategic fronts. We completed drilling our second well in the Damara Fold Belt resulting in encountering of significant hydrocarbons, extended our acreage position into Angola at a low cost\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\/2025\/12\/ReconAfrica.jpg?fit=1200%2C723&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ReconAfrica.jpg?fit=1200%2C723&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ReconAfrica.jpg?fit=1200%2C723&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ReconAfrica.jpg?fit=1200%2C723&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ReconAfrica.jpg?fit=1200%2C723&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15072,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-seeks-10m-to-drill-kavango-west-1x-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":15802,"position":4},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Seeks $10M to Drill Kavango West 1X well","author":"","date":"June 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa announces that it has entered into an agreement with Research Capital Corporation as the lead underwriter and sole bookrunner for an overnight marketed public offering of units of the Company at a price of C$0.50\u200e per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$10,000,000. 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