Namibia: The Oil Systems in Walvis, Luderitz and Orange Basins
The hydrocarbon exploration history in the Namibian offshore Basins started in the late 1960s, culminating with the discovery, in 1973, of a dry gas by the Kudu 9A-1 well, in Barremian eolian sandstones (Kudu Field; Fig. 1). Up to 2012, 16 shallow-water exploration wells have been drilled offshore Namibia, including