{"id":"reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","canonicalSlug":"reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","language":"en","title":"ReconAfrica resumes Kavango West work ahead of horizontal test","summary":"The Namibia sidetrack programme aims to measure sustained flow and liquid yields; October drilling remains conditional.","body":["ReconAfrica reported on September 28 that the Jarvie-1 rig had resumed operations at Kavango West 1X in Namibia. Work in the existing vertical bore had begun with casing removal. The planned horizontal sidetrack is a further test of that discovery, rather than a separate discovery well.","The design envisages up to 1,000 metres of horizontal bore to intersect natural fractures. A whipstock is to be set at roughly 2,500 metres, with open-hole completion planned. Drilling could start in October, subject to regulatory approvals and equipment arrival, and is expected to take about a month. Flow testing would follow completion.","Samples from earlier Huttenberg and Elandshoek tests indicate thermogenic gas, according to the company. The new test is intended to establish sustained flow, liquid yield and formation-pressure response. The announcement provides no new sustained production rate or measured liquid yield: those remain objectives of the planned programme."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"ReconAfrica resumes Kavango West work ahead of horizontal test\n\nThe Namibia sidetrack programme aims to measure sustained flow and liquid yields; October drilling remains conditional.\n\nReconAfrica reported on September 28 that the Jarvie-1 rig had resumed operations at Kavango West 1X in Namibia. Work in the existing vertical bore had begun with casing removal. The planned horizontal sidetrack is a further test of that discovery, rather than a separate discovery well.\n\nThe design envisages up to 1,000 metres of horizontal bore to intersect natural fractures. A whipstock is to be set at roughly 2,500 metres, with open-hole completion planned. Drilling could start in October, subject to regulatory approvals and equipment arrival, and is expected to take about a month. Flow testing would follow completion.\n\nSamples from earlier Huttenberg and Elandshoek tests indicate thermogenic gas, according to the company. The new test is intended to establish sustained flow, liquid yield and formation-pressure response. The announcement provides no new sustained production rate or measured liquid yield: those remain objectives of the planned programme.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["namibia","oil-gas","sidetrack","well-testing"],"eventDate":"2026-09-28","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T13:39:44Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-08T13:39:44Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-08T13:27:35Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-28","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"ReconAfrica","url":"https://reconafrica.com/investors/news-releases/reconafrica-resumes-operations-at-kavango-west-1x-ahead-of-horizontal-flow-test-and-provides-updates-on-kw1x-flow-test-samples-angola-soil-sampling-and-gabon-seismic-reprocessing","publishedAt":"2026-09-28","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/reconafrica-kavango-west-horizontal-test-preparations-september-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"country-na","type":"country","countryCode":"NA","name":{"en":"Namibia","tr":"Namibya","ar":"ناميبيا","fr":"Namibie","es":"Namibia","ru":"Намибия","pt":"Namíbia"},"context":{"en":"Country identified in the primary source; no site coordinates asserted.","tr":"Birincil kaynakta belirtilen ülke; saha koordinatı iddiası yok.","ar":"البلد المحدد في المصدر الأصلي؛ لا ندعي إحداثيات موقع.","fr":"Pays identifié dans la source primaire; aucune coordonnée de site affirmée.","es":"País identificado en la fuente primaria; no se afirman coordenadas del sitio.","ru":"Страна указана в первоисточнике; координаты площадки не заявлены.","pt":"País identificado na fonte primária; não se afirmam coordenadas do local."},"source":{"name":"ReconAfrica","url":"https://reconafrica.com/investors/news-releases/reconafrica-resumes-operations-at-kavango-west-1x-ahead-of-horizontal-flow-test-and-provides-updates-on-kw1x-flow-test-samples-angola-soil-sampling-and-gabon-seismic-reprocessing","publishedAt":"2026-09-28","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}}],"wellIndustry":{"sector":"oil-gas","activities":["drilling"],"signal":"operational-result","metrics":[],"source":{"name":"ReconAfrica","url":"https://reconafrica.com/investors/news-releases/reconafrica-resumes-operations-at-kavango-west-1x-ahead-of-horizontal-flow-test-and-provides-updates-on-kw1x-flow-test-samples-angola-soil-sampling-and-gabon-seismic-reprocessing","publishedAt":"2026-09-28","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"},"reviewedAt":"2026-10-08T13:27:35Z"}}