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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
As the Namibian government began to gradually reopen the country from May 5, ReconAfrica, In anticipation that Namibian and international restrictions will be lifted during the summer, continued its operational planning for the drilling of its first well in Namibia in the fourth quarter of 2020.
ReconAfrica holds license to Petroleum Exploration License 73 (PEL 73) which covers 6.3 million acres and captures the entire deep Kavango Basin in Namibia. The license is a large-scale shale and conventional play.
The company plans a three-well drilling program during the second half of 2020. ReconAfrica has acquired the Crown 750 drilling rig, manufactured in the US and rated at 1,000 horsepower, equipped with two CAT 540 horsepower diesel engines. The Rig is currently being outfitted with a best-in-class top drive system (for faster drilling rates) and ancillary equipment to acclimate the rig for drilling in the Kalahari Desert.
Recon’s local personnel is also providing assistance to combat COVID-19, arranging for the distribution of food hampers and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to one hundred families living in the vicinity of the company’s first drilling location.
“We are pleased to provide food parcels and sanitary products to families in Kawe in Kavango East,” said Yusneurys Perez Martinez, ReconAfrica’s Deputy General Manager, based in Namibia. “We are gratified by the welcome we have received from the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Governor’s office, and council and traditional authorities.”
“As part of the Northeast Namibian community, it is our responsibility to help as we can during these unprecedented times,” said the Company’s COO, Scot Evans. “The food hamper and PPE distribution is just part of what the Company will be doing to aid local citizens during our upcoming operations in Kavango Basin.”
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