Shell announced on Thursday that its Cullinan-1X exploration well, situated offshore Namibia, did not yield a commercially viable oil and gas discovery.
Namibia, a nation that has not yet experienced oil or gas production, has garnered significant attention from global firms following discoveries by Shell and TotalEnergies off its southern coast.
“The well did not make a discovery; however, we are encouraged to have found indications of a working petroleum system in this previously untested area of our license,” Shell said in a statement.
The well was plugged and abandoned, and Shell will now analyze the data gathered before deciding on any follow-up activity, it said.
Shell and its partners QatarEnergy and Namibia’s national oil company have made four oil discoveries in the southern African country in recent years, including the Graff and Jonker wells.
Zoë Yujnovich, the Head of Upstream, mentioned on June 14 that the outcomes of the drilling tests conducted thus far have been promising.
