Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announced that the government of Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy has approved in whole, the requested amendments to the work program on the company's onshore coalbed methane (CBM) licenses, blocks 2013B, 2014B and 2114A in the Huab Basin and Block 2418 in the Aranos Basin onshore Namibia to include the expansion of licenses to cover the exploration of shale gas in addition to the current exploration for CBM.

Approval was also granted to amend the work program to include a detailed exploratory well on each of the two blocks by 2015 instead of 2012, which will analyze gas content and economic potential in both the coal and the shale.