Shell Re-Engages Offshore Namibia As New Drilling Contract Signals Path Towards Oil Production
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Shell logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken 4 September 2022. Image credit: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Shell's Namibia country chair, Eduardo Rodriguez, said in a LinkedIn post that the London-listed energy group had awarded the contract for the Deepsea Mira drilling unit, operated by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.
The company is circling back to the Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) 39 block offshore Namibia after writing down around $400m in January over an oil discovery it deemed commercially unviable.
The Orange Basin, where the block is located and which extends into South African waters, has been a global exploration hotspot for energy firms after discoveries by Shell, TotalEnergies and Galp.
Namibia is yet to produce any oil but is aiming for its first output by 2030.
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