The Federal Government has introduced a major fiscal incentive for new deep offshore oil and gas projects, allowing qualifying developments to restart the profit-oil sharing scale at 70:30 in favour of contractors, even where existing production in the same contract area has already moved to a higher government share.
“The government recognizes the complexities and high costs associated with the development of the Venus oil field by TotalEnergies,” Kornelia Shilunga, special adviser and head of upstream petroleum unit in the Namibian Presidency, said in a reply to questions.