Namibia Oil Blocks Map: How to Read the Orange–Walvis–Luderitz Chessboard

Namibia’s “next Guyana” narrative lives on a map: PEL 39, 56, 83, 85 in the Orange Basin, Chevron’s PEL 82/37 in Walvis, and early‑stage PEL 84 in Luderitz, plus a ring of junior‑held blocks like PEL 28 and 87 around the big discoveries.

This guide lays out where every major PEL sits, who runs it, what’s actually been found, and then ranks blocks by risk: from Tier‑1 Mopane/Venus/Graff, to Tier‑2 adjacency plays, to Tier‑3 frontier acreage that might deliver the next surprise.

It also gives a simple 4‑step framework (basin, operator quality, discovery status, investor access) so you can quickly judge whether a block belongs in a conservative, balanced or high‑beta portfolio.​