Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd (ReconAfrica) a Canadian oil and gas company engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas in Northeast Namibia and Northwest Botswana announced that it has received its Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the Office of the Environmental Commissioner, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, covering PEL 73 licence, which […]

Angola has indicated readiness to contribute to the development of the oil sector in Namibia. The National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its counterpart in the Republic of Namibia, Directorate of Petroleum Affairs (DPA in English, Directorum of Petroleum Affairs), during the international conference called NIEC (Namibia […]

In Namibia, independent power producer (IPP) Cerim Lüderitz Energy has signed the necessary agreements for the development of the Lüderitz wind project with the state-owned company NamPower. The project involves the construction of a 50 MW wind farm. Namibia will have a new wind farm within a few months. This is the aim of the […]

Namibia’s power utility, NamPower, and CERIM Luderitz Energy, a joint venture between Energy China and locally owned Riminii Investments, on Monday signed power purchase and transmission connection agreements to develop a 50 MW wind power plant in the coastal town of Luderitz, southwestern Namibia. WINDHOEK, April 18 (Xinhua) — Namibia’s power utility, NamPower, and CERIM […]

Africa Oil Corp has announced the company participation in a USD 95.0 million Open Offer by Impact Oil & Gas Limited a privately–owned and African–focused exploration company. The capital raised shall be used towards funding Impact’s participating share of the multi-well drilling and testing programme in Namibia to further evaluate and appraise the Venus discovery; a world class, light-oil […]

Metatek-Group Limited, a worldwide airborne geophysical survey specialist based in the United Kingdom, is currently conducting an eFTG survey over an area of nearly 2,200 square kilometers (540,000 acres) in ReconAfrica’s 25,000 square kilometers (6.3 million acres) PEL073 exploration license in north-eastern Namibia. The airborne component of the survey is expected to be completed by […]

QatarEnergy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Republic of Namibia to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector. The agreement was signed by His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, and His Excellency Mr. […]

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd has announced as a result of recent data from the ongoing phase two 2-D seismic program, a significant new play type has been confirmed in the southern and western parts of the Company’s ~6.3 million acre exploration licence area in Namibia – PEL 73. This new fold belt province, the “Damara […]

QatarEnergy and partners have announced a light oil discovery in the Jonker-1X deep-water exploration well drilled in the PEL-39 Exploration License, offshore Namibia. The Jonker-1X well was drilled to a total depth of 6,168 meters in a water depth of 2,210 meters. The acquired data is being evaluated while further appraisal is planned to determine […]

Impact Oil & Gas, a privately-owned, Africa-focused, exploration company today announced the imminent commencement of a multi-well drilling programme in Namibia, following the Venus light oil discovery in Block 2913B (PEL 56). Highlights Multi-well programme in Namibia due to commence before the end of February, targeting up to four wells (including the re-entry of the […]