NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Commences Drilling Operations in the Kavango Sedimentary Basin

ReconAfrica has commenced drilling operations on the first well (6-2), of an initial three well program to evaluate potential hydrocarbon systems in one of five major sub-basins of the larger, … Read More

NAMIBIA: Eco Atlantic Reissued With Four Licenses in Walvis Basin for 10 years

Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas has announced the Company has successfully negotiated the reissuance of its four licenses in Namibia’s Walvis Basin for 10 years, which received final Government confirmation on … Read More

NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Begins 450 km 2D Seismic Program in the Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert

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 … Read More

Kosmos Energy Completes Farm Down of Exploration Assets to Shell

Kosmos Energy has announced that it has closed the previously announced transaction with B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Shell), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, to farm down interests in … Read More

Oil and Gas Discoveries and Activity in Southwest Africa Set to Open New Basins for Development and Trigger Big Investments in Namibia, Angola and South Africa

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber Last spring, the Maersk Voyager, an ultra-deepwater drillship under contract by French supermajor Total, drilled a wildcat well in the deepest water ever – … Read More

Shell Ventures into Two Existing Blocks in South Africa

Impact Oil and Gas has entered into an agreement with BG International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc  for the farm-out of a 50% working interest … Read More