ReconAfrica subsurface evaluation to aid Kavango basin exploration

July 9, 2020
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (ReconAfrica) completed a subsurface evaluation delineating large prospective conventional hydrocarbon bearing structures throughout the entire Kavango basin.

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (ReconAfrica) completed a subsurface evaluation delineating large prospective conventional hydrocarbon bearing structures throughout the entire Kavango basin.

The study will aid a 3-well exploration program scheduled for fourth-quarter 2020 to test organic rich shales and more shallow conventional structures to confirm a thick, active, petroleum system throughout the sedimentary basin, the company said in a press statement July 7 (OGJ Online, Feb 17, 2020).

A new extended high-density Aero-Mag survey and other new ancillary data coupled with Halliburton’s LithoTect structural interpretation tool have generated a thorough understanding of how deep Permian rift basin developed, the company said. Specifically, a faulting system has been identified throughout the basin which is responsible for potential conventional fault and stratigraphic hydrocarbon bearing structures. This work builds on the unconventional potential previously identified.

The deep Kavango basin extends from northeast Namibia to northwest Botswana. Namibian petroleum license PEL 73 covers an area of 25,341.33 sq km (6.3 million acres) and Botswana petroleum license PEL 001/2020 comprises 9,921 sq km (2.45 million acres), contiguous to the Namibian license.

ReconAfrica holds 90% interest in PE 73 and the Namibian state oil company (NAMCOR) holds the remaining 10%. ReconAfrica holds 100% interest in PEL 001/2020.