Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (ReconAfrica) has acquired data from the first seismic acquisition program in Kavango basin, northeast Namibia, and identified targets for a drilling program scheduled for early first-quarter 2022.
Seismic data from 450 linear km of were acquired and processed by third parties DownUnder GeoSolutions (America) LLC, Houston, and Absolute Imaging Inc., Calgary. Initial processing results of the seismic acquisition revealed a variety of structural and stratigraphic features for well targets.
Seismic lines illustrate good quality of the initial processed data, significant extensional grabens with normal fault systems connected by steep wrench-related shear zones, well-developed expansion of stratigraphic section in the grabens, good fault resolution with some major faults extending over several thousand meters to near surface and potential for multiple styles of trapping, and consistency with the rift basin origin of the Kavango basin. These results also highlight a clear distinction between Kavango basin and Owambo basin to the west, which is in a much simpler tectonic setting.
Dr. Jim Granath, a director of ReconAfrica, said the results of the first 2D seismic program "prove that our acquisition and processing program provides good quality interpretable data, and that seismic will be a cornerstone of our current and future exploration program” and that the initial data shows that the Kavango basin is “clearly a rift basin (geologically different from the Owambo basin), with similar features to many of the world’s petroleum producing provinces.”