Asset Report
Namibia Southwest African Coastal exploration basin
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Report summary
The Southwest African Coastal Basin offshore Namibia has emerged as a premier deepwater exploration hotspot with transformative discoveries by TotalEnergies, Shell, and Galp between 2022-2025 confirming potentially over 6 billion barrels of recoverable resources. The Orange sub-basin offers exceptional potential with proven multi-stacked petroleum systems providing diverse exploration targets including Lower Cretaceous deepwater fans and Upper Cretaceous turbiditesand large-scale discoveries. Multiple Final Investment Decisions are expected from 2026-2028, positioning Namibia for significant sectoral growth.
Table of contents
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Summary of commercial outlook
- Advantages:
- Challenges:
- Phase 1: Pre-rift (Proterozoic to Late Jurassic)
- Phase 2: Syn-rift extension and basin formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous)
- Phase 3: Transition (Early Cretaceous)
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Phase 4: Post-rift drift (Albian to present)
- Basin architecture and structural segmentation
- Sources
- Reservoirs
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Wells drilled
- Early exploration 1960's - 1980's
- Company Activity
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Prospective resource potential
- Cretaceous Ultra-Deepwater
- Prospective resource costs and underlying development assumptions
- Development value
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Southwest African Coastal primary sourcesSouthwest African Coastal primary reservoirsPetroleum Events Chart
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Petroleum plays within the Orange sub-basinExploration wells by play ageExploration wells by lithologyKey play characteristicsKey licence holdersDrilling activity by well typeDiscoveries and success ratesCretaceous Ultra-DeepwaterSummary of discovery and development costs
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What's included
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