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VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 21, 2020 /CNW/ - Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (the Company or ReconAfrica ) (TSXV: RECO) (OTCQX: RECAF) (Frankfurt: 0XD) is pleased to provide an operations update as the Company prepares to drill the deep Kavango Basin in the
Kalahari Desert of North East Namibia and North West Botswana.
Operations
The well-site for the first well (6-2) in the Kavango basin and the associated camp were completed, on schedule, in mid-December.
Utilizing a smaller local rig, the initial leg of the well-bore has been drilled, with the first casing string set and cemented.
The Company owned Crown 1,000 HP drilling rig (Jarvie-1), along with ancillary equipment and spare parts, were successfully shipped from the Port of Houston and arrived on schedule, in the Port of Walvis Bay, December 11, 2020. The majority of drilling equipment has now arrived on the 6-2 well site.
GABARONE, Botswana An explorative study looking into the feasibility of drilling for oil and natural gas in the Okavango River Basin in Southern Africa’s Kalahari Desert is moving forward, despite opposition from environmental activists.
Pressure group Alliance Earth is against the exploration of the area, which sits in Namibia and Botswana, for what it claims may be hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
This is the controversial process of firing a high pressure mixture of water, chemicals and sand into drilled ground to release any difficult to reach oil or gas. Its full environmental impact is not yet known.
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