{"id":9724,"date":"2021-01-19T07:53:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T07:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=9724"},"modified":"2021-01-19T07:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T07:55:43","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"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\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Begins 450 km 2D Seismic Program in the Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<b>,\u00a0<\/b>based in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Calgary, Alberta, Canada<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seismic Operations<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As a result of a competitive bidding process, ReconAfrica has contracted Polaris Natural Resources Inc<b>,\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span>\u00a0longest standing seismic company to provide acquisition services for its first 2D seismic program. Polaris has conducted over 1,000 seismic projects since 1996 and introduced the first &#8216;low impact seismic crew&#8217; into\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span>\u00a0in 2008. This includes the patented Polaris Explorer 860 energy source which represents the world&#8217;s\u00a0 most environmentally friendly seismic source.\u00a0 This technology has been used very successfully on over 15 projects in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">East Africa<\/span>\u00a0and has been well accepted in all communities where it has been used. This source will be complimented with the world&#8217;s newest and smallest wireless recording nodes or receivers.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Bill Mooney<\/span>, Polaris CEO, states\u00a0 &#8220;Polaris is very pleased to support ReconAfrica on this world class project.\u00a0 The combination of technologies being employed represent not only the lightest seismic footprint possible, but also allows for very fast and high resolution data acquisition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Company intends to conduct, process, and interpret 450 km of 2D seismic that will tie to the active three well drilling program. The proposed seismic survey will be conducted along existing roads and tracks. The Environmental Impact Assessment process for this operation has begun with the posting of public sessions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Kavango basin is a large sedimentary basin comprised of five sub-basins and numerous structural features&#8221; states CEO\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Scot Evans<\/span>.\u00a0 &#8220;The initial seismic program will provide the basis for evaluation and ultimately drilling of this very large set of conventional oil and gas prospects.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"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\/\" 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":[637,2846,8920,7587,1675,8919,7589,2272],"class_list":["post-9724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-drilling","tag-environmental-impact-assessment","tag-kalahari-desert","tag-kavango-basin","tag-namibia","tag-polaris-natural-resources-inc","tag-reconafrica","tag-seismic","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-2wQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10595,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-namcor-granted-2d-seismic-permit-for-the-kavango-basin\/","url_meta":{"origin":9724,"position":0},"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":12250,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-kavango-basin-2d-seismic-60-complete-reconafrica\/","url_meta":{"origin":9724,"position":1},"title":"NAMIBIA: Kavango Basin 2D Seismic 60% Complete &#8211; ReconAfrica","author":"","date":"May 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"ReconAfrica has announced that it continues advanced planning and permitting for the first well of the 2022 stratigraphic test well drilling program and is on track to commence drilling later this quarter. 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