Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has received a three-year extension to its Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC), from the Office of the Environmental Commissioner, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism of the Republic of Namibia, covering the entire PEL 73 permit, which covers over 6.3 mn acres, in northeast Namibia
The ECC authorises ReconAfrica to continue drilling stratigraphic test wells to depths approved by the Ministry of Mines and Energy and NAMCOR as well as completing a sidetrack of the company’s first well, Kawe 6-2, in the Kavango Basin. The ECC extension was approved on 11 August.
"The extension of the ECC was underpinned by extensive on-the-ground data gathering by our technical teams working in combination with our third-party technical partners. It further demonstrates how ReconAfrica is working collaboratively with our interested and impacted stakeholders in Namibia including local and national government entities/representatives, as well as with the traditional authorities, as we pursue the commercial development of the Kavango Basin. The extension enables the company to plan and execute our current stratigraphic drilling and sidetrack programmes," said Scot Evans, chief executive officer, ReconAfrica.
