Nestled in a valley between the dunes in Namibia's Namib-Naukluft Park ... the tree skeletons still stand because the now fiery orange desert is so dry that the trees couldn't decompose, reports ...

The Capricornus discovery builds on recent momentum in the Orange Basin, following the landmark Venus and Graff finds.

Investment from global players including Chevron and Shell could boost its status as "a key supplier to international energy ...

Rhino Resources and partners will perform post drilling analysis following a successful test of a light-oil discovery ...

Petroleum Commissioner also highlights status of other offshore and onshore exploration initiatives in southern African ...

BP and Eni confirmed the preliminary results of the Capricornus 1-X exploration well in Namibia's Orange Basin.

Cape Town-based independent Rhino Resources has hit hydrocarbons with its latest exploration well offshore Namibia, according ...

Rhino Resources, the operator of the petroleum exploration license (PEL85), and its partners have found oil in the ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...