Namibia officials: Daedal and Shell Company explore amazing oil reserves!Can reach billions of barrels

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Namibia's newly discovered oil reserves are amazing. According to British Reuters report on the 3rd, Minister of Mining Energy of Namibia said recently that the oil resources expoved by Daodal Energy Corporation and Shell Petroleum in Namibia have commercial value, and their reserves can reach "billions (barrels)".

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In the first half of this year, Daedal and Shell almost announced "major discovery" at the same time. As of now, oil companies are still conducting drilling operations and are expected to complete the evaluation by the end of this year. Commercial mining is expected to be expanded within 4 years. According to Bloomberg's previous report, this latest discovery is the largest oil field explored since the independence of Namibia. The chairman of the country's state -owned oil company excitedly described the country's "top prize" this time, and it is expected that the country's domestic GDP is expected to be expected to be expected Realized in 2040. But President Gen Gobu expressed his prudent attitude and reminded people not to be too excited. He said: "Petroleum may help national development, but this kind of resources are a curse for many countries."

Experts interpreted that Namibia's energy industry is relatively backward, there are a large amount of blankness in related technologies and industry specifications, and the cost of commercialized mining is high. Many netizens believe that the latest discovery will inevitably attract some countries. Some people teased: "Soon, there will be a national faction‘ geologist ’coming to a shot to“ inspect ’.” (Liu Haoran)

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