ReconAf conducts testing activities offshore Namibia and Gabon

With regulatory permits for production testing secured and production liner procured from North America, work crews from Reconnaissance Energy Africa have prepared the Kavango West 1X discovery well in Namibia for testing operations 

Equipment and services will be delivered on site by contracts with Halliburton and SLB, while local suppliers have been engaged in multiple support capacities.

New log analysis from latest rock data has refined all previously disclosed results. The current petrophysical analysis indicates 75 metres (246 feet) of net hydrocarbon pay in the Huttenberg formation, an increase over the previously disclosed 64 metres (210 feet).

ReconAfrica, which is the operator of Kavango West, will be conducting production testing across six optimized zones, three of which are in the Huttenberg formation and three in the deeper Elandshoek formation. A total of 345 metres (1,132 feet) of prospective interval will be isolated and perforated for testing. 

In the shallow waters of Gabon, the company is currently reprocessing 3D seismic data across focused regions for appraisal prospects within the 1,214 sq km-long Ngulu block, including the Loba discovery. 

This strategic block is located on trend to several sizable producing oil fields. The key aspects of the Ngulu block include the Loba oil discovery and over 28 seismically identified prospects in the pre- and post-salt plays.