In a world transitioning to net zero carbon emissions, should South Africa push on to become an oil and gas leader, as proclaimed by Minister Gwede Mantashe?
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The ‘wildcatters’ are coming oil exploration ‘techies’ hundreds of them will arrive and I don’t know how to put this politely, but these are not saints, they are going to be setting themselves up… and then they go away.” Bob Scholes
Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) recently announced it has “spudded” its second of a three-well programme in the Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert of Namibia. The process of beginning to drill a well in the oil and gas industry is referred to as “spudding in”. ReconAfrica is a Canadian-based company working collaboratively with the Namibian and Botswanan governments to explore oil and gas potential in the Kavango Basin of northeast Namibia and northwest Botswana.
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His work - and that of the students he has trained, the colleagues he has mentored, and the many journalists he has engaged with - arms us with the knowledge to act and create a better world for everyone. Even a world without him in it, writes s
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Prof Bob Scholes was a rare breed of scientist.
In modern science and academia, there is a push to specialise, to become an expert on a plant, an ecosystem, a type of star. But Bob was a generalist, who you could speak to about topics ranging from the carbon uptake of spekboom to different energy technologies. His understanding and interests were so deep and vast that it seemed as though he was actually a specialist in all of those fields.
OBITUARY | He taught SA and the world to understand climate change’s complexity One of the world’s leading experts on global climate change, Prof Bob Scholes died suddenly during a hike in Namibia 05 May 2021 - 19:42 By Chris Barron
Prof Bob Scholes, who has died at the age of 63, was the internationally renowned director of the Global Change Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand.
A National Research Foundation A-rated scientist, he was one of the top one percent of environmental scientists in the world, based on how frequently his research was cited, and one of the world’s leading experts on global climate change.