Our Operations

Chariot is well positioned with our blocks situated in three geologically distinct settings:

• The “Northern blocks” in the Namibe Basin, located north of the Walvis Ridge
• The “Central blocks” straddling the Luderitz/Walvis Basins
• The “Southern blocks” in the Orange Basin

The Namibe Basin forms part of the prolific West African “salt basin”, bounded to the south by the Walvis ridge. Prior to the Atlantic Ocean opening, the Namibe Basin lay adjacent to the Santos Basin of Brazil, in which recent super-giant oil discoveries have been made. The Luderitz and Walvis Basins are virtually unexplored with only four wells drilled to date, in an area similar in size to the prolific UK North Sea Central Graben, where hundreds of exploration wells have been drilled. The Orange Basin contains the very large delta of the Orange River system and also hosts the giant Kudu gas field.