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Namibia approves TotalEnergies' big Orange basin acquisition
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Fusion42 · 23 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Namibia's government has approved TotalEnergies' acquisition of operatorship of Galp Energia's Mopane complex in the Orange basin, with Galp taking a minority stake in TotalEnergies' Venus development in return.
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If you supply subsea, floating production, or deepwater installation work to major operators, TotalEnergies just consolidated two giant Namibian projects under one operator - one customer with bigger budgets and longer timelines beats two. Galp's minority stake in Venus also signals consolidation of the supply chain around fewer, larger counterparties.
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