As Namibia looks set to enter the deep and uncertain waters of the international oil industry, John Grobler analyses the legal and technical challenges emerging as the biggest obstacles Contrasting context: Flamingos forage along Namibia’s fragile coastline as an offshore…

A lack of technical expertise and a legal vacuum in the form of a complete lack of gas-related legislation caused by elite capture of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) and the directorate of energy at the Ministry of…