From Namibia to Suriname: Shell’s Deepwater Expansion in Focus at WES 2026

🌎 Why Shell is in the room at World Energies Summit ‘26

Few operators are casting their net for the world's next oil frontiers with as much ambition as Shell.

On the eastern Atlantic margin, Namibia is the focus. Shell's Merlin-1X well in the Orange Basin has delivered its most promising subsurface results to date; light oil, good reservoir quality, and a fourth discovery in PEL 0039 alongside QatarEnergy and NAMCOR NAMIBIA.

It has also crossed into South Africa's side of the basin with an operated stake in Block 2C, putting it on both sides of one of global exploration's most coveted frontiers.

Head west across the Atlantic and the ambition continues. Offshore Suriname, Shell is operating Block 65 just north of the country's deepwater "golden lane," drilling deeper, higher-risk plays in one of South America's hottest basins.

Two continents, one conviction: the next generation of supply will come from operators willing to test the frontiers.

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