ReconAfrica has set intermediate casing and reports results in the first section of the second well (6-1) confirm a working petroleum system in the Kavango Sedimentary Basin in the Kalahari Desert of North East Namibia.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 3, 2021 /CNW/ - Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (the "Company" or "ReconAfrica") (TSXV: RECO) (OTCQX: RECAF) (Frankfurt: 0XD) announces the Company has set intermediate casing and is pleased to report geologic results in the first section of this second well (6-1), which again confirms a working petroleum system in the Kavango Sedimentary Basin. As well, the Company is strengthening its Environment, Social & Governance ("ESG") standard and committing a minimum of Canadian $10mm (Namibian $112mm) of ESG expenditures to the Kavango region in which it operates.
Drilling Operations
In keeping with its commitment to the Namibian government, on May 5, 2021 the Company commenced drilling operations of its second well (6-1), of an initial three well program to continue the evaluation of working conventional hydrocarbon systems confirmed in the first well (6-2) in the Kavango Sedimentary Basin.
Namibia: ReconAfrica announces update on Kavango Basin drilling
01 Mar 2021
Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has provided an update on drilling operations in the Kavango sedimentary basin in the Kalahari Desert of North East Namibia.
As announced on January 11, 2021, the Company commenced drilling operations on the
first well (6-2), of an initial three well program to evaluate potential hydrocarbon systems in one of five major sub-basins of the larger, more laterally extensive, deep Kavango basin.
Having set and cemented 17 ½” surface casing mid-January, ReconAfrica has reached the intermediate casing point, set 12 ¼’ casing and has completed the cementing operation. The cementing operation is a key element of all oil well drilling and has been completed in accordance with international standards and best practices.