{"id":9655,"date":"2021-01-06T20:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T20:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=9655"},"modified":"2021-01-06T20:29:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T20:29:53","slug":"republic-of-botswana-and-reconafrica-amend-exploration-license-to-exclude-entire-tsodilo-hills-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/republic-of-botswana-and-reconafrica-amend-exploration-license-to-exclude-entire-tsodilo-hills-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana, ReconAfrica Amend Exploration License to Exclude Entire Tsodilo Hills Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exploration License 001\/2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ReconAfrica recognizes and accepts the importance of pertinent cultural and historical<br \/>\nsites. As such the Tsodilo Hills, located in north-west Botswana near the Namibian<br \/>\nBorder, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, has always been recognized by our Company,<br \/>\nas a site with this specific, highly important, designation.<\/p>\n<p>To this regard, ReconAfrica and the Government of Botswana began a process in<br \/>\nOctober of 2020 to address this important issue. As a direct result of our collaborative<br \/>\nprocess, the Republic of Botswana has now issued an updated License to ReconAfrica<br \/>\nexcluding ReconAfrica\u2019s entire Core and Buffer areas of the Tsodilo Hills. The License<br \/>\narea is now 8990 km2 (2,221,000 acres) versus the previous 9,921 km2 (2,450,000<br \/>\nacres). ReconAfrica is pleased with this preferred structure as our Company has never<br \/>\nhad plans for operations in the Tsodilo Hills area. ReconAfrica follows strict environment,<br \/>\nsocial and governance protocols.<\/p>\n<p>ReconAfrica is committed to establishing operational transparency and working with all<br \/>\nlocal and national stakeholders. In all aspects of its operations, ReconAfrica is committed<br \/>\nto minimal disturbances in line with international best standards and will implement<br \/>\nenvironmental and social best practices in all of its project areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wood Mackenzie Report on Kavango Basin<\/strong><br \/>\nWood Mackenzie, one of the world\u2019s leading natural resources research and consulting<br \/>\nfirms has released a report on analogous subsurface basins to the Kavango Basin, which<br \/>\nis held by ReconAfrica under licence contracts. The study detailed three world-class<br \/>\nbasins of similar age and\/or tectonic origin; the Midland-Permian Basin (Texas), the<br \/>\nSouthern North Sea Basin, and the Doba Basin in Chad (Africa). The report demonstrates<br \/>\nhow the Kavango Basin is analogous to all three, but particularly to the sizable Midland<br \/>\nBasin. This basin is of the same age (Permian) as the Kavango and has produced from<br \/>\nlow-cost conventional reservoirs since the 1930\u2019s, the same targets ReconAfrica is<br \/>\npursuing.<br \/>\nClick <a href=\"https:\/\/reconafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wood-Mac-Kavango-Basin-and-Global-Benchmarking-Nov-2020.pdf\">Here<\/a> for report<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploration License 001\/2020 ReconAfrica recognizes and accepts the importance of pertinent cultural and historical sites. As such the Tsodilo Hills, located in north-west Botswana near the Namibian Border, an UNESCO &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/republic-of-botswana-and-reconafrica-amend-exploration-license-to-exclude-entire-tsodilo-hills-area\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9656,"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":[342,612,7587,7589,8847,8848],"class_list":["post-9655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-botswana","tag-doba-basin","tag-kavango-basin","tag-reconafrica","tag-tsodilo-hills","tag-unesco-world-heritage-site","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kavango-Basin-2.jpg?fit=646%2C429&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2vJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8541,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-botswana-reconafrica-completes-technical-evaluation-of-the-conventional-structures-throughout-the-entire-kavango-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":9655,"position":0},"title":"NAMIBIA &#038; BOTSWANA: Reconafrica Completes Technical Evaluation of the Conventional Structures Throughout The Entire Kavango Basin","author":"","date":"July 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd has pleased to announce the Company has completed a comprehensive subsurface evaluation delineating large scale, prospective conventional hydrocarbon bearing structures, throughout the entire Kavango Basin. The primary objective of ReconAfrica\u2018s initial three well drilling program, scheduled for Q4 of 2020, is to confirm a thick, active,\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\/2020\/07\/Kavango-Basin-1.jpg?fit=578%2C387&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kavango-Basin-1.jpg?fit=578%2C387&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kavango-Basin-1.jpg?fit=578%2C387&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11790,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-seeks-more-control-in-the-kavango-basin-for-27m\/","url_meta":{"origin":9655,"position":1},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Seeks More Control in the Kavango Basin for $27M","author":"","date":"February 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa has announced it has entered into a Letter of Intent with its partner, the National Petroleum Company of Namibia (NAMCOR) to acquire half of NAMCOR\u2019s 10% carried participating interest in the approximate 6.3 million acres petroleum exploration licence (PEL 73) in the Kavango basin, NE Namibia. 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ReconAfrica has provided an operations update as the Company prepares to drill the deep Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert\u00a0of North East Namibia and\u00a0North West Botswana. Operations The well-site for the first well (6-2) in the Kavango basin and the associated camp were completed, on schedule,\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":10683,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-namcor-provide-additional-drilling-results-and-plans-for-next-exploration-phase-in-the-kavango-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":9655,"position":3},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica, NAMCOR Provide Additional Drilling Results and Plans for Next Exploration Phase in the Kavango Basin","author":"","date":"August 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa and its joint venture partner NAMCOR have provided n the mud logging report and geochemical analysis, more comprehensive data confirming a working conventional petroleum system. The Company also reports on additional drilling results and plans for the next phase of exploration in the Kavango Basin, NE Namibia\u00a0and\u00a0NW\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":14930,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/anpg-reconafrica-join-forces-to-assess-the-hydrocarbon-potential-of-the-etosha-okavango-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":9655,"position":4},"title":"ANPG, ReconAfrica Join Forces to Assess the Hydrocarbon Potential of the Etosha-Okavango Basin","author":"","date":"April 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG), the Angolan National Concessionaire for the oil sector in the Upstream segment, signed today, Thursday, 17, a Memorandum of Understanding with the Canadian company Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. 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