Namibia Pauses Oil-Port Upgrade Plan to Clarify Scope of Project

Namibia’s port authority delayed plans to upgrade a southern harbor needed to help develop the nation’s emerging oil and gas industry until information about the work is clarified.

Explorers searching for crude have flocked to the sparsely populated southern African nation since discoveries were first made by TotalEnergies SE and Shell Plc in 2022. Namibia needs to upgrade its ports to meets its goal of producing hydrocarbons within the next five years.