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Shell and TotalEnergies aim to speed up Namibia appraisal and development plans

"Shell and TotalEnergies are working hard to accelerate the development of their huge oil and gas discoveries offshore Namibia, according to the top executive of QatarEnergy which is a partner in both play opening finds."

During a visit to Windhoek yesterday, Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, Qatar Minister of State for Energy Affairs, who is also chief executive of QatarEnergy, told Namibia’s President Hage Geingob: “The discoveries we have made here with our partners are substantial. “We are working very hard with our partners to expedite the appraisal process … and the submissions to the government for developing the finds.”

"The minister said the partners “are trying to expedite these plans as much as possible to ensure we can get the developments finalised as soon as possible”. Bin Sherida also held key meetings with Tom Alweendo, Namibia’s Minister of Mines & Energy (MME). Alweendo said that during these meetings matters discussed included skills development in Namibia, as well as “shareholdings, timelines and activities before possible production”.