While Rwanda is commemorating 30 years of genocide, many Africans know all too well what can happen when media outlets single out certain groups of people and Individuals for constant attacks. Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines instigated the hate. “The Namibian” newspaper has become the Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines of Namibia with their hate fill rhetoric and xenophobia. Africans understand how demonisation cultivates hatred that leads to death on a horrifying scale.
Namibia’s national oil company has signed a development deal with Chevron that will see the US oil major take an 80% operating working interest in an offshore block in the Walvis Basin, it said on Monday.
Oil and gas company Sintana Energy has entered into agreement to acquire up to 67% shares of Giraffe Energy Investments, the owner of a 33% interest in petroleum exploration license 79 (PEL 79) which governs blocks 2815 and 2915 offshore Namibia.
Galp is going to need a rebranding. How about Gulp?
Galp saw its share price pop 20% on Monday.
Galp says it conducted testing operations at the Mopane-1X well in January and the Mopane-2X well in March, with, “significant light oil columns discovered in high-quality reservoir sands.”.
The company announced that the first phase of its exploration in the Mopane field in offshore Namibia could contain at least 10 billion barrels of oil.
The OPEC+ oil producers group, having lost Angola and other players in recent years, is eyeing Namibia for possible membership as it sets up what could be Africa’s fourth-largest output by the next decade, an African industry official and sources told Reuters.
Sintana Energy has provided an update regarding the ongoing exploration campaign on Blocks 2813A and 2814B located in the heart of Namibia’s Orange Basin, emerging as the one of the world’s most prospective oil and gas regions.
Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba has announced that the country will utilize Angola’s oil and gas framework as a guideline for industry development, underscoring Namibia’s commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation with its regional neighbor.
Offshore Namibia, the success rate in offshore discoveries has been phenomenal so far.
This week, TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy said they were expanding their efforts to explore for oil and gas in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia.
In Uruguay, Brazil’s neighbor to the south, a subsidiary of Chevron entered in a deal this week to buy 60% and assume operatorship of an offshore exploration block.
(WO) – Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. announced an operations update. ReconAfrica continues to pursue activities as it prepares to start a multi-well drilling campaign in 2024.