ReconAfrica begins production testing at Kavango discovery to assess commercial potential

Reconnaissance Energy Africa or ReconAfrica CEO Brian Reinsborough joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce that the company, together with its partners NAMCOR and BW Energy, has commenced production testing operations at the Kavango West 1X (KW1X) well in Namibia’s highly prospective Damara Fold Belt. Reinsborough described the testing program as a critical milestone in evaluating the commercial viability of the Kavango discovery and advancing understanding of the broader hydrocarbon potential within the Damara Fold Belt. The program has been specifically designed to assess hydrocarbon phase, reservoir performance, and deliverability from multiple identified zones across the well. The production testing campaign will focus on six optimized intervals spanning approximately 420 metres of hydrocarbon-bearing formations. These target zones include three intervals within the deeper Elandshoek formation and three intervals within the shallower Huttenburg formation. Management b...