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Oil & Gas Fields in Namibia
Namibia has 7 oil & gas fields mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 55th-largest fleet of the 91 countries that hold any, and under 0.1% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 7 under construction or proposed.
The largest owner-operators are National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (6), QatarEnergy (4) and Shell PLC (3) — National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia alone is named on 86% of them. 7 are in the pipeline, led by Graff Oil and Gas Field (Namibia), proposed. They account for 18% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Namibia.
7
Oil & Gas Field in Namibia
#55
of 91 countries
7
In construction / proposed
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Who owns Namibia's oil & gas fields
- National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia6 86%
- QatarEnergy4 57%
- Shell PLC3 43%
- Galp Energia SGPS SA2 29%
- TotalEnergies SE2 29%
- BW Energy1 14%
- BW Kudu1 14%
- Custos Energy1 14%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
Under construction & proposed
- Graff Oil and Gas Field (Namibia)2022 · proposed
- Jonker Oil and Gas Field (Namibia)2023 · proposed
- Kavango West Gas Field (Namibia)2025 · proposed
- Kudu Gas Field (Namibia)1974 · proposed
- Lesedi Oil and Gas Field (Namibia)2023 · proposed
- Mopane Oil Field (Namibia)2024 · proposed
- Venus Oil Field (Namibia)2022 · proposed
How Namibia compares · oil & gas fields by country
- 1. United States1,894
- 53. Turkey10
- 54. Cuba8
- 55. Côte d'Ivoire7
- 56. Namibia7
- 57. New Zealand7
- 58. Chad7
- 59. Suriname6
Frequently asked
- How many oil & gas fields are there in Namibia?
- OverWatts maps 7 oil & gas fields in Namibia — under 0.1% of the world's mapped total, the 55th-largest national fleet of the 91 countries with any.
- Who owns the oil & gas fields in Namibia?
- National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia is named as owner or operator on the most — 6 of 7 (86%). Next are QatarEnergy (4), Shell PLC (3) and Galp Energia SGPS SA (2).
- What new oil & gas fields are being built in Namibia?
- 7 projects are under construction or proposed. The largest are Graff Oil and Gas Field (Namibia), Jonker Oil and Gas Field (Namibia) and Kavango West Gas Field (Namibia).