ReconAfrica to drill additional wells in Kavango basin, Namibia
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. has received an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the Office of the Environmental Commissioner, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, covering the PEL 73 license over an area of about 6.3 million acres in Kavango basin, northeastern Namibia in the Kalahari Desert.
The ECC authorizes ReconAfrica to commence drilling of an additional 12 exploration and appraisal wells, to unrestricted depths, from July 4, 2023 to July 4, 2026. The primary objective of the drilling program is to establish commercial accumulations of oil or natural gas and natural gas liquids which were identified in the first three stratigraphic test wells.
The company plans to develop and prioritize its prospect inventory in third- and fourth-quarter 2023 to execute a multi-well drilling program targeting Damara Fold Belt and Karoo Rift basin primary plays, with initial focus on the Damara Fold Belt. This belt, initially identified southwest of Karoo Rift basin, consists of a prominent and clearly imaged series of Whaleback anticlines, which are often faulted, and have a consistent linear trend in a NW-to-SE direction (OGJ Online, Apr. 5, 2023).
ReconAfrica is operator of PEL 73 (90%) with Namibia’s state oil company NAMCOR holding the remaining 10%.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
