The last stretch of Namibia's B2 national road winds its way between the dunes and the ocean before ending its journey in the port city of Walvis Bay. Shrouded in thick, almost permanent fog, the imposing West Eclipse drilling platform looms on the horizon. The semi-submersible rig, owned by Seadrill, never drilled a single well in Namibia: it was brought in for repairs and then abandoned. At the entrance to the country's only deep-water port, its distinctive metal structure, however, serves as a