petroleum geology and potential of karoo related rift
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Petroleum geology and potential of Karoo related
rift basins, NE Namibia and NW BotswanaScot Evans
CEO ReconAfrica
EAGE Global Hotspots: Southern Africa 17-18 February 2021
Online
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Newly Discovered Kavango Basin in Namibia & Botswana
➢ 8.5 MM acres covers the entire basin
➢ Potentially one of the largest onshore undeveloped hydrocarbon basins in the world
➢ Stable governments• Licence Contracts
➢ Successful Technical Team • In depth knowledge of the basin
➢ Catalyst-rich near term• Drilling program underway to confirm active petroleum system
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ReconAfrica Acreage location
NAMIBIA
PINK AND ORANGE AREAS:
crystalline basement in outcrop
YELLOW AREAS:
Sedimentary Basins
ReconAfricaPetroleum Exploration
Licences
BOTSWANA
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EXXONMOBIL
TULLOW
GALP
TOTAL
SHELL
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Permian-Triassic Karoo supergroup
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Granath, Dickson, Wanke, and Odegarde, PESGB HGS Joint Africa Session 2020
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Southern Africa Tectonic Elements
• Scot Evans, CEO - ReconAfrica
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Granath, Dickson, Wanke, and Odegarde, PESGB HGS Joint Africa Session 2020
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Depth to Basement250m Contour Interval
Eastern Owambo and Kavango Basin Depth to Basement
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Crustal scale Profile NE Namibia NW Botswana
ST-1
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Paleogeographic Karoo (Ecca) setting
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Average TOC at high conversion: 3.81%Utilizing a Hydrogen Index of 358 mg/g,Average restored TOC: 5.44%
Difference in TOC is 1.63% or converted to petroleum 460 boe/af
At only 100 ft of source rock thickness, this is 29.5 mmboe/section
WHITEHILL, KAROO BASIN, SOUTH AFRICA
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2.2
6.0
1.5
3.5
1.8
11.6
2.9
8.6
2.1
5.0
2.5
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ST-1 Well, Owambo Basin, Onshore Namibia
ST-1
wellcore
samples
1301 m
1489 m
1539 m1000 m
2000 m
All Restricted Marine or Lacustrine
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Source Rock Geochemistry Estimated Petroleum Generation:
* Source – Daniel Jarvie, Worldwide Geochemistry LLC.
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Play Maps Deep Kavango Basin
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Conclusions
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