尽管有共同的边界且海上兴趣有所增加，但邻国南非和纳米比亚在石油和天然气行业的发展方向却截然相反。

纳米比亚正在成为石油和天然气行业的潜在强国，而最近有重大发现的南非则更加关注可再生能源。两国最近的发现（纳米比亚的 Venus 和 Graff 井以及南非的 Brulpadda 和 Luiperd 井）引起了人们对这个通常与石油和天然气无关的地区的兴趣。

“我们已经看到雪佛龙公司进入或试图进入与发现金星的区块相邻的一个区块。Rystad Energy 非洲分析师 Siva Prasad 在谈到 2022 年 2 月在金星勘探区发现的轻质石油和伴生气时表示，“我们还看到有几家公司寻求获得资金，在该地区钻探某种勘探井。”位于纳米比亚南部近海奥兰治盆地 2913B 区块。

Despite shared borders and an uptick in offshore interest, neighboring countries South Africa and Namibia look to be going in opposite directions in the oil and gas industry.

Namibia is emerging as a potential powerhouse within the oil and gas industry, while South Africa, which has had recent large discoveries, is focusing more on renewable energy sources. Recent discoveries in both countries (Namibia’s Venus and Graff wells and South Africa’s Brulpadda and Luiperd wells) are driving interest in a region that is not normally associated with oil and gas.

“We have already seen Chevron getting into, or trying to get into, a block adjacent to the block where the Venus discovery happened. We are also seeing a couple companies looking to acquire funds to drill sort of exploration wells in the region,” Siva Prasad, an analyst on Africa at Rystad Energy, said of the February 2022 discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in block 2913B in the Orange Basin, offshore southern Namibia.