Shell Reports Promising Oil Findings at Merlin-1X Well Offshore Namibia
Shell, QatarEnergy and NAMCOR Record Strong Oil Discovery at Merlin-1X Well in Namibia’s Orange Basin Shell, in partnership with QatarEnergy and NAMCOR, has announced encouraging exploration results from the Merlin-1X well drilled in Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) 0039 offshore Namibia. The findings mark a further step in Shell’s evaluation of the Orange Basin block, with the well successfully reaching the Coniacian geological play. According to initial assessments, Merlin-1X delivered the strongest subsurface results recorded so
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