Middle East / Africa
Country summary: Namibia
| Current deals: | 8 |
| Licensing articles: | 32 |
| Completed deals: | 63 |
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Namibia - recent news
| 16 Jul 26 |
Namibia: ReconAfrica announces hydrocarbon flow from the Elandshoek formation at Kavango West 1X, proceeding to test the Huttenberg formation Reconnaissance Energy Africa ('ReconAfrica'), along with its partners BW Energy (20% WI) and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia ('NAMCOR', 10% carried WI), has announced the preliminary production testing results from the three lowest zones in the Elandshoek formation on the Kavango West 1X discovery well, which began testing operations on June 8, 2026. |
| 30 Jun 26 |
Namibia: Rhino Resources advances appraisal of Capricornus following confirmation of connected oil-bearing reservoir at Capricornus-1A Rhino Resources Namibia has provided an update on behalf of the PEL 85 Joint Venture regarding its drilling campaign on Block 2914, offshore Orange Basin, Namibia. The Capricornus-1A appraisal well was drilled in the eastern portion of the Capricornus fairway, which was established by the discovery at the Capricornus-1X well. |
| 29 Jun 26 |
Namibia: Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas receives Ministerial approval for Namibia PEL 98 farm-out Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has received formal Ministerial approval from the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy of Namibia for the Section 11 assignment relating to the Company's previously announced farm-out of its 85% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration Licence 98 ('PEL 98'), offshore Namibia, to an arm's-length wholly Namibian-owned company, Lamda Energy. |
| 25 Jun 26 |
Namibia: Tower Resources receives Letter of Approval for PEL96 farm-out Tower Resources, the AIM-listed oil and gas company focused on Africa, has received a formal letter of approval from the Namibian Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy ('MIME') for the farm-out of the PEL96 license, offshore Namibia, to Prime Global Energies. |
| 09 Jun 26 |
Namibia: Shell advances exploration in Namibia’s Orange Basin with latest well results Shell, alongside its partners QatarEnergy and NAMCOR, has reported encouraging exploration results from its Merlin-1X exploration well in Petroleum Exploration Licence No. 0039 (PEL 0039), offshore Namibia, further advancing its evaluation of this Orange Basin block. |
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