Oil exploration in the two Kavango regions through Recon Africa does not mean the project will automatically go on to oil production should viable quantities of the natural resource be found. The responsible company does not at present have a licence that would allow it to carry out any production operations at any of its sites. This was the response of Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta in the National Assembly, to the PDM's Timotheus Shihumbu, who enquired about the future of oil exploration in the two regions.