壳牌于 7 月 12 日表示，已在纳米比亚成功钻探了第四口勘探井 Lesedi-1X，证实了碳氢化合物的存在。

近年来，壳牌和法国道达尔能源公司在这个南部非洲国家沿海发现了多项石油和天然气，导致那里的勘探活动急剧增加。

壳牌在 7 月 12 日的声明中表示，第四次钻探成功后的数据证实了碳氢化合物的存在，并补充说“需要进一步评估以确定开发潜力”。

路透社看到的一份日期为 3 月份的文件显示，壳牌及其合作伙伴卡塔尔能源公司和纳米比亚国家石油公司计划今年第三季度在纳米比亚再钻两口井。

它还显示壳牌已申请在纳米比亚钻探另外10口勘探和评估井的许可证。

壳牌拒绝对该文件发表评论。

TotalEnergies 于 2022 年 2 月在纳米比亚石油勘探许可证 (PEL) 56 的金星井中发现了石油，巴克莱分析师估计该井蕴藏着 30 亿桶石油当量 (Bboe)。

据巴克莱银行称，壳牌报告称在 PEL 39 的 Graff、La Rona 和 Jonker 井中发现了新发现，预计这些井的储量总计为 1.7 Bboe。

Shell said on July 12 it had successfully completed drilling a fourth exploration well, Lesedi-1X, in Namibia that confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons.

Shell and France's TotalEnergies have made several oil and gas discoveries off the coast of the southern African country in recent years, leading to a sharp increase in exploration activity there.

In its statement on July 12, Shell said data following the successful fourth drilling confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons, adding "further evaluation is required to determine development potential".

Shell and its partners QatarEnergy and Namibia's national oil company plan to drill two further wells in Namibia by the third quarter of this year, a document dated March and seen by Reuters showed.

It also showed Shell had applied for a license to drill another 10 exploration and appraisal wells in Nambia.

Shell has declined to comment on the document.

TotalEnergies made an oil discovery in February 2022 in the Venus well in Nambia's Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) 56, which analysts at Barclays estimate holds 3 billion barrels of oil equivalent (Bboe).

Shell reported discoveries in the Graff, La Rona and Jonker wells in PEL 39, which together are estimated to hold 1.7 Bboe, according to Barclays.