Namibian Minister of Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo
Namibia continues to yield exploration success
TotalEnergies explains it is seeking the ‘sweet spots’ to develop fields with unevenly distributed resources
TotalEnergies has confirmed a fresh discovery in Namibia amid ongoing drilling, marking more exploration success off the coast of the southern African country. The French major’s latest find was at the Mangetti-1X exploration well, where “we found again the hydrocarbon level of Venus, or the [field] extension to the north”, said CEO Patrick Pouyanne. But he warned that, although “there are a lot of hydrocarbons”, the discovery is “not a homogeneous field”, explaining “there are some sweet spots in terms of productivities and permeability”, that the company intends to identify and target. The CEO confirmed that “we have another exploration potential well on the south of Venus, and we also con
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