TotalEnergies, Qatar 拡大する Orange 水盤／入り江 holdings to South Africa
By America Hernandez and Ron Bousso
PARIS, March 6 (Reuters) - TotalEnergies and Qatar's oil company on Wednesday said they would buy a 火刑／賭ける in a licence to 捜し出す oil and gas off South Africa as part of their 計画（する）s to develop the Orange 水盤／入り江 area in 隣人ing Namibia.
The French company will buy a 33% 火刑／賭ける in the licence to 演習 in 沖合いの／海外の 封鎖する 3B/4B, which 延長するs over about 18,000 square kilometres, while 明言する／公表する-owned QatarEnergy will 持つ／拘留する a 24% 火刑／賭ける, the two companies said without 公表する／暴露するing the value of the 取引，協定.
The 残りの人，物 will be controlled by the 存在するing owners of the 事業／計画（する） Africa Oil, Azinam, which is owned by Canada-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d Eco 大西洋 and Ricocure.
TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy have 長年の 協定s to partner on 探検 and 生産／産物 in Namibia, Guyana and Kenya.
封鎖する 3B/4B is 位置を示すd in South Africa's 味方する of the Orange 水盤／入り江, just south of big 発見s by Galp, 爆撃する and TotalEnergies' own Venus 発見 in 隣人ing Namibia.
"に引き続いて the Venus success in Namibia, TotalEnergies is continuing to 進歩 its 探検 成果／努力 in the Orange 水盤／入り江," said Kevin McLachlan, 上級の 副／悪徳行為-大統領 探検 of TotalEnergies.
Namibia, which has no oil and gas 生産／産物, has become a 全世界の 探検 hotspot after 深い water 発見s by 爆撃する, TotalEnergies and Galp in 最近の years.
Eco 大西洋 CEO Gil Holzman told Reuters: "TotalEnergies are the best partner one could have, they know the Orange 水盤／入り江 better than anyone else, they have a 演習ing 装備する in the area, and they are a 広大な／多数の／重要な 操作者 with a strong balance sheet."
The Orange 水盤／入り江 is 大部分は unexplored, with dozens of 遺産／遺物 w ells 演習d in shallow shelf waters along South Africa´s coastline.
"South Africa's 味方する of the Orange 水盤／入り江 似ているs those of Namibia, it is 高度に 見込みのある with at least two prospects in the northern 地域 of the 水盤／入り江 潜在的に 含む／封じ込めるing millions of バーレル／樽s of oil and associated gas," said Jonathan Salomo, the lead geologist for the West coast at the 石油 機関 of South Africa. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Inti Landauro and America Hernandez in Paris, Wendell Roelf in Cape Town, Ron Bousso in London; editing by Miral Fahmy and Bernadette Baum)
