• What is Namibia doing to support oil & gas drilling?
  • Namibia is starting to invest in the infrastructure to support drilling. State-owned Namport is drawing up plans to service both the oil industry as well as planned green hydrogen projects, with over $2.1 billion in upgrades at its ports.
  • Will Halliburton build a mud plant in Namibia?
  • Halliburton plans to employ and train Namibians to work at the facility, which is still awaiting environmental approval. Its US rival Baker Hughes Co. will also build a mud plant. The smaller port of Luderitz, located further along the coast and closer to the discoveries, is only a base for TotalEnergies at this point, Kanime said.
  • Will Namibia become an energy hub?
  • ¡°We are preparing the country to be an energy hub for the region¡± that could potentially double or triple the size of the economy, Maggy Shino, Namibia¡¯s petroleum commissioner, told a conference in the capital Windhoek. ¡°The volume of activity that we are expecting in Namibia going forward in 2025, 2026, 2027 until production is massive.¡±
  • How many floating production vessels can operate in Namibia’s Orange Basin?
  • Pouyanne envisions that one day as many as seven floating production vessels, each with a capacity of about 180,000 barrels a day, could operate in Namibia¡¯s Orange Basin alone. But first, the country has lots of work to do getting the supporting infrastructure in place.
  • Does Namibia need a big infrastructure buildout?
  • But first, the country has lots of work to do getting the supporting infrastructure in place. Namibia will require ¡°a huge infrastructure buildout, all sorts of expansions, to develop these projects and support them through their life cycle,¡± said Ian Thom, an analyst at Wood Mackenzie Ltd.