In Episode 13 of the Namibia Oil and Gas Podcast we touch on the Youth in Oil & Gas Summit 2025 that will take place in Walvis Bay Namibia, and Namibia hits a major milestone with HyIron’s Oshivela plant successfully producing its first green hydrogen. In other news Sintana Energy has announced that Woodside Energy will not be exercising its farm-i…

Welcome to Episode 12 of the Namibia Oil and Gas podcast looks at this week's headlines including Tower Resources Expands Offshore Holdings, T, Pancontinental spends US$5m on exploration in PEL 87 in the Orange Basin. We also discuss Hyphen Hydrogen Energy Powering Local Growth and Hyphen Hydrogen Energy’s Commitment to Local Skills Development If …

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Namibia Oil and Gas podcast and while we look at the week's top Oil and Gas right here in Namibia, we would also like to celebrate and acknowledge the incredible women in the oil and gas sector, in Namibia, and globally. Happy International Women's Day! In the news this week, another Oil & Gas Discovery for Galp, Galp’s…

Episode 10 of the Namibia Oil and Gas podcast looks at this week's headlines including Brazil’s Petrobras seeking African oil assets to boost reserves, Rhino Resources completing the drilling of its first exploration well on PEL 85, and NAMCOR announcing the successful drilling of Sagittarius-1X. We also discuss Galp’s significant N$7.2 billion inv…

Valentine's Day around the globe and episode 9 of the Namibia Oil and Gas podcast looks at this week's headlines including the expansion of Supernova Metals in the Orange Basin, Chevron acquiring an 80% operating interest in PEL 82 with Custos Energy, optimism remains around especially the Orange Basin and capacity building gets a boost from Petrof…

In Episode 8 and well into February we see ReconAfrica selling a stake of PEL 73 to BW Energy, Future Energies Services appoints a new GM and Africa Oil Corporation through Impact Oil and Gas announces continued analysis. TotalEnergies starts exploration of its next oil prospect while revising the timeline for their investment decision. Along with …

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Namibia Oil and Gas podcast. It's the end of January and NAMPOA welcomes it's new board, while ReconAfrica again makes news, Petrofund launches fully funded TVET scholarships for the 2025 academic year, and South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean emerges as possible FPSO partner. Global Petroleum stays in the headlines, along with BW…

In Episode 6, Global Petroleum again makes headlines, Galp continue making significant strides with the Saipem Santorini drillship, we explore Chevron’s announcement that its Kapana 1X well in the Orange Basin did not yield commercial hydrocarbon reserves, while Shell disclosed a $400 million write-down after deeming an offshore discovery commercia…

The end of 2024 sees Episode 5 of the Namibia Oil and Gas Podcast where we look at the headlines that made the week that was, including Rhino Resources who spud the Sagittarius 1-X Well in the Orange Basin, the country of Namibia securing a stake in Hyphen Hydrogen Energy. Azule Energy makes news again as does TotalEnergies who extended their drill…

Episode 4 of the Namibia Oil and Gas Podcast focuses on the continued progress made in Namibia's Orange Basin through Sintana Energy and their partners' second exploration campaign, Azule Energy securing a larger stake in PEL 85, as well as Galp Energy's drilling activities alongside Namcor and Custos Energy. Through an agreement with Harmattan Ene…

With the third episode of the Namibia Oil and Gas Podcast, we share the progress 88 Energy has made in their exploration work on PEL 93 in the Owambo Basin, Eco Atlantic indicates that they are in discussion with potential partners in their exploration programmes, while Namibia’s President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says that foreign investment i…

In the second episode of our Namibia Oil and Gas Podcast we look at the week's headlines, and while the media cycle was mostly dealing with Namibia's General Election, we touch on Namibia's National Upstream Local Content Policy that was approved by Cabinet, a monumental development for the industry and players. Africa Oil welcomes the Noble Ventur…

In this first episode of our Namibia Oil and Gas Podcast we look at the weeks' headlines including the news that Galp, working with its partners NAMCOR and Custos, has uncovered light oil and gas-condensate in Namibia’s Orange Basin. Africa Oil's stake in Impact Oil and Gas solidifies the company’s position in Namibia’s upstream sector and opens do…