Namibia News

Equinor Acquires Stake in Namibian Offshore Exploration License

Aug 18, 2026

Norway's Equinor said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with a Chevron subsidiary to acquire a 17.4% stake in a petroleum exploration licence (PEL 90) in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia.'The transaction marks Equinor's entry into Namibia…

Chevron Discovers Oil and Gas Condensate Offshore Angola

Aug 17, 2026

Chevron said on Monday it had discovered oil and gas condensate at an exploration well in Block 0, offshore Angola, adding to its push to increase production in sub-Saharan Africa through infrastructure-led exploration.Western and southern Africa…

Deepwater FIDs Set to Drive Sub-Saharan Africa Production Growth

Aug 18, 2026

Sub-Saharan Africa’s deepwater production is expected to grow by over 1 million boe/d by 2035 and big-ticket projects taking final investment decisions (FIDs) in 2026 and 2027 will be key to unlocking this.In late January, Equatorial Guinea and Chevron signed-off the Aseng Gas blowdown project…

Tower Resources Gets Final Approval for Namibia Offshore Farm-Out

Jun 25, 2026

Tower Resources has received formal approval from Namibia's Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy (MIME) for the farm-out of its PEL96 license offshore Namibia to Prime Global Energies, clearing the final outstanding condition precedent for the transaction…

Rhino Confirms Connected Oil Reservoir at Namibia's Capricornus Discovery

Jun 30, 2026

Rhino Resources has confirmed the presence of an oil-bearing reservoir in pressure communication with the Capricornus-1X discovery through an appraisal well offshore Namibia, advancing the development of the Capricornus accumulation in the Orange Basin…

Deepsea Mira Rig Wraps Up Shell's Drilling Job off Namibia

Jul 06, 2026

Deepsea Mira drilling rig, owned by Northern Ocean (NOL) and managed by Odfjell Drilling, has completed a drilling contract with Shell offshore Namibia, and is demobilizing to Walvis Bay for planned upgrades and modifications ahead of future operations…

BluEnergies, TotalEnergies Step Up Exploration Offshore Liberia

Jul 08, 2026

BluEnergies and TotalEnergies have advanced a work program across blocks LB-26, LB-30 and LB-31 in the Harper Basin offshore Liberia aimed at confirming and improving drillable prospects.The program includes reprocessing 6,167 square kilometers of 3D seismic data…

Shell Makes ‘Most Promising Subsurface’ Find in Well Offshore Namibia

Jun 10, 2026

Shell and its partners QatarEnergy and Namibia's national oil company NAMCOR have reported encouraging results from the Merlin-1X exploration well in Petroleum Exploration License 0039 (PEL 0039) offshore Namibia, with the well delivering the…

TotalEnergies to Drill New Well in Suriname Next Year

Jun 24, 2026

Energy producer TotalEnergies expects to begin a new well drilling campaign next year to extend its exploration targets in Suriname, the French company's vice president for exploration in the Americas said on Wednesday.TotalEnergies' largest development in Suriname…

Markets: Oil Majors Reload Exploration Hoppers Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Jun 25, 2026

Faced with declining production post-2030, across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the Majors have started the process of reloading exploration hoppers. Targeting predominantly deep and ultra-deep waters, they have signed numerous agreements aimed…

Stamper Gets License Extension Offshore Namibia

May 14, 2026

Stamper Oil & Gas has received an extension for Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) 102 offshore Namibia while continuing technical and strategic work across its offshore exploration portfolio amid increasing industry activity in the region…

Navitas Takes Operatorship of South Africa Offshore Block from Eco Atlantic

May 20, 2026

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has signed a definitive agreement to farm down a 37.5% working interest in Block 1 CBK offshore South Africa to Navitas Petroleum after the company exercised an option under a previously announced strategic framework agreement…

BP Signs Deal for Three Offshore Exploration Blocks in Namibia

Apr 13, 2026

BP has agreed to acquire a 60% interest in three offshore exploration blocks in Namibia from Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas, marking its entry into the country as an operator.The blocks - PEL97, PEL99 and PEL100 - are located in the Walvis Basin offshore Namibia…

Rhino Resources Books Saipem Drillship for Work off Namibia

Apr 27, 2026

Rhino Resources has contracted Saipem’s Saipem 12000 drillship to drill an appraisal well offshore Namibia to test the extension of an oil discovery in the Orange Basin.The Capricornus-1A well, located in Block 2914 under the PEL 85 license…

Petrobras Returns to Namibia with Offshore Block Stake Acquisition

Feb 06, 2026

Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras has acquired a 42.5% stake in Block 2613, offshore Namibia.The transaction was carried out in partnership with TotalEnergies, which also acquired 42.5% and will act as the operator of the block.TotalEnergies…

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