QatarEnergy announced today a light oil discovery in the Jonker-1X deep-water exploration well, which marks the company’s third recent discovery offshore Namibia.
The well was drilled to a total depth of 6,168 meters in a water depth of 2,210 meters. The acquired data is being evaluated while further appraisal is planned to determine the size and recoverable potential of the discovery, QatarEnergy said in a press release.
The Qatari energy giant announced two similar discoveries in February 2022 in the Graff-1 well and in the Venus-1X prospect, both located in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia.
The exploration license is held by a consortium comprised of QatarEnergy (45%), Shell (45%), and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia “NAMCOR” (10%).
Commenting on this announcement, HE Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, CEO of QatarEnergy, said: “We are pleased with this encouraging discovery, which is our third in Namibia. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our partners Shell and NAMCOR, and to congratulate and thank the Government of the Republic of Namibia, which has been very supportive of this exploration effort.”
The Jonker-1X deep-water well is located 270 km offshore Namibia. Drilling operations began in December 2022 and were safely concluded in recent days.