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The South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has approved TotalEnergies to carry out work, including drilling, in the Deep Water Orange Basin (DWOB).Total plans to drill one exploration well. Should it be successful, it may drill up to nine more. The environmental authorisation covered TotalEnergies EP South Africa carrying out sonar surveys, seabed coring, and well drilling exploration in the area.
The South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has approved TotalEnergies to carry out work, including drilling, in the Deep Water Orange Basin (DWOB) .Total plans to drill one exploration well. Should it be successful, it may drill up to nine more. The environmental authorisation covered TotalEnergies EP South Africa carrying out sonar surveys, seabed coring, and well drilling exploration in the area.
People could appeal to DMRE against the approval and it must be launched within 20 days of October 25. Objections to Total’s plans are expected, the Green Connection expressed its opposition to the DMRE approval today. Community outreach coordinator Neville Van Rooy said the approval was part of the onslaught on oceans and it needs to be defended since oceans are important for climate change and provide livelihoods to fishers.
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The DWOB licence covers the 12/3/343 exploration right, off South Africa’s west coast. It includes water depths ranging from 400 to 3,900 meters, with an area of 29,869 square km. The northern boundary is the international boundary with Namibia.
