April 04
Namibia: !gawaxab Warns of 'Dutch Disease' Amid Oil, Green Hydrogen Discoveries
Bank of Namibia governor Johannes !Gawaxab has cautioned against the phenomenon whereby the rapid development of the oil and gas and green hydrogen industries in Namibia may lead… Read more »
March 20
Namibia: OPEC SG to Address Windhoek Oil Conference
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) secretary general (SG) Haitham Al Ghais of Kuwait is expected to deliver an address at the Namibian International Energy… Read more »
March 06
Namibia: Angola, Namibia to Cooperate On Petroleum, Natural Gas
President Nangolo Mbumba expressed Namibia's willingness to take notes from Angola's oil and gas sectors while touring oil and manufacturing companies during his one-day visit to… Read more »
January 11
Namibia: TotalEnergies Acquires Larger Chunk of Orange Basin Shares
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to acquire an additional 10,5% participating interest in block 2913B, and an additional 9,39% participating interest in block 2912 offshore… Read more »
Namibia: Katti's Company Hits Oil in Orange Basin
The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has announced it has made a significant oil discovery in the Mopane-1X exploration well offshore Namibia, which is co-owned… Read more »
December 06, 2023
Namibia: Drop in Fuel Prices Bring Joy to Businesses
Independent economic researcher Josef Sheehama has welcomed the upcoming fuel decrease, saying that lower petrol and diesel prices have a far wider impact than merely benefiting… Read more »
October 17, 2023
Africa: Geingob Attends Energy Conference Despite Controversy
President Hage Geingob yesterday departed for Cape Town to participate in the Africa Energy Week conference, an event organised by controversial Cameroonian lawyer NJ Ayuk. Read more »
September 24, 2023
Namibia: Geingob Advised to Reject Award From Cameroonian Oil Lawyer
The Institute of Public Policy and Research (IPPR) has raised concerns over a plan by the African Energy Chamber (AEC), led by Cameroon's controversial businessman NJ Ayuk, to… Read more »
July 20, 2023
Namibia: Reconafrica Gets N$133m for Kavango Oil Exploration
Canadian company ReconAfrica has raised N$133 million to look for oil in Namibia. Read more »
June 03, 2023
Namibia: National Petroleum Corporation Boss Explains Why He Declined Namcor Offer
Lionel Matthews, who was recently appointed as interim managing director of the state-owned National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), said he declined to take up the top… Read more »
April 23, 2023
Namibia: Geingob Wants South Africa to Benefit From Namibia's Oil
President Hage Geingob has told his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa that they should profit from the recent oil discoveries in Namibia. Read more »
March 30, 2023
Namibia: Namibia Announces Third Offshore Oil Discovery
The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has announced a third oil discovery in the Orange Basin off Namibia's southern coast. Read more »
March 07, 2023
Namibia: Another Oil Discovery in Namibian Waters
CONSIDER the distance between Windhoek and Mariental, approximately 270 kilometres. That's roughly the same distance from the Namibian shore where oil was again discovered by… Read more »
February 02, 2023
Namibia: Petroleum Association Has New Leadership
THE Namibia Petroleum Operators Association (Nampoa) elected a new leadership at its annual general meeting held on 24 January 2023. Read more »
October 26, 2022
Namibia: Namcor Targets 100 Percent Use of N$5,8b Oil Storage Facility
THE managing director of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), Imms Mulunga, says the company cannot divulge sensitive commercial information on how exactly it… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Namibia: Court the Wrong First Option for Bid to Halt Recon Oil Exploration #AfricaClimateCrisis
KAVANGO regions community forest and conservancy organisations that tried to get a court order to stop further oil and gas exploration activities by the Canadian company… Read more »
July 13, 2022
Namibia: Service Stations Clash With Govt
FUEL retailers have urged the Ministry of Mines and Energy, among others, to implement an interim rescue profit margin as they continue to scrape together a pittance from the… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Namibia: Bid to Stop ReconAfrica Spills Into Court #AfricaClimateCrisis
COMMUNITY forest and conservancy organisations from the Kavango regions are trying to get a court order to stop Canadian oil exploration company ReconAfrica from further oil and… Read more »
May 31, 2022
Namibia: 'Fuel Prices Are Killing Us'
WINDHOEK-based taxi driver Fransiskus Shikongo says life in Namibia is becoming tougher by the day, worsened by ever-increasing fuel prices. Read more »
April 29, 2022
Namibia: Fuel Prices Drop
THE Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced that fuel prices will drop by N$1,20 per litre for petrol and 30 cents per litre for diesel, effective 5 May. Read more »
April 27, 2022
Namibia: Oil Giants Arrive At Walvis Bay
THE semi-submersible oil rig, the Helix, arrived at the Walvis Bay Port recently for in-water repairs and maintenance. Read more »