«These are encouraging results that add to our understanding of the Orange Basin potential. We are progressing this opportunity through a disciplined, data-led approach to establish commerciality, focusing our investment on options that are material, competitive and resilient within our portfolio», said Eugene Okpere, Shell’s Executive Vice President for Exploration, Strategy and Portfolio.
The results enhance Shell’s understanding of the basin and support continued evaluation of the resource and its commercial potential across the licence. Further drilling later in 2026 is under consideration as part of a broader exploratory appraisal programme.
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- license covers 12,000sq km which is more than twice the size of Namibia’s capital city Windhoek;
- over the last four years, ten wells have been drilled in the license:
- Graff-1X, La Rona-1X, Jonker-1X, Graff-1A, Lesedi-1X, Cullinan-1X, Jonker-1A, Jonker-2A, Enigma-1X and Merlin-1X.
