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Shell, alongside its partners QatarEnergy and NAMCOR, has reported encouraging exploration results from its Merlin-1X exploration well in Petroleum Exploration Licence No. 0039 (PEL 0039), offshore Namibia, further advancing its … Read More
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 … Read More
bp has agreed to acquire a 60% interest in three offshore exploration blocks in Namibia from Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas as part of bp’s strategy to grow its upstream … Read More
TotalEnergies has signed agreements to acquire a 42.5% operated interest in the PEL104 Exploration license, located offshore Namibia, from Eight Offshore Investments Holdings and Maravilla Oil & Gas. Upon completion of the … Read More
Brian Reinsborough, President & CEO, commented: “We have had an active and productive 2025 in which we advanced the Company on multiple strategic fronts. We completed drilling our second well in … Read More
Highlights of Kavango West 1X well: Brian Reinsborough, President & CEO, commented: “ReconAfrica is excited to announce that the Kavango West 1X well has encountered hydrocarbon pay in the Otavi reservoir … Read More
bp has confirmd the preliminary results of the Volans-1X exploration well in Namibia’s Orange Basin, as reported by operator Rhino Resources. The Volans-1X exploration well, spudded on 31 July 2025 using the Northern Ocean’s semi-submersible Deepsea … Read More
NAMCOR has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global offshore energy contractor Subsea7 to advance offshore energy development in Namibia. This strategic collaboration marks a major step in building … Read More
Grand Gulf Energy Limited (Grand Gulf or the Company) has announce that it has entered into a binding Option Agreement (Agreement), providing Grand Gulf with an exclusive option to acquire … Read More
Pancontinental Energy has received notification from Woodside Energy that Woodside has elected not to exercise its option to farm-in to the PEL 87 project. This notice has been received in … Read More
