{"id":13152,"date":"2023-01-17T09:50:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=13152"},"modified":"2023-01-17T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T09:50:14","slug":"somaliland-genel-energy-targets-toosan-1-drilling-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-genel-energy-targets-toosan-1-drilling-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SOMALILAND: Genel Energy Targets Toosan-1 Drilling in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Genel Energy has in its latestet operations and trading update said that it continues target a spud date in the next 12-18 months for the Toosan 1 well on the highly prospective SL10B13 block in Somaliland.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Genel which is the operator with\u00a0 51% working interest adds that drilling preparations are underway for the Toosan with environmental and social impact assessments also underway while tendering has commenced for the rig and well services.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>The Toosan prospect contains stacked Mesozoic reservoir objectives, with multiple individual prospective resources estimates each ranging from 100 to 200 MMbbls.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>DOWNLOAD your copy of the new released\u00a0<strong>SOMALIA UPSTREAM SECTOR OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK\u00a0 <\/strong>and learn more about the Toosan-1 prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/product\/somalia-upstream-sector-overview-and-outlook\/\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Conspicuously absent was any reporting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/somaliland-has-genel-energy-discovered-oil-in-salaxley\/\">oil discovery<\/a> in Salaxley as reported by Somaliland through its energy and minerals ministry.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Genel Energy is in the center of conflict over exploration rights between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/somalia-federal-government-declares-genel-energy-operations-in-somaliland-illegal\/\">Somalia<\/a> and Somaliland with the Federal Government in Mogadishu dismissing the company&#8217;s license in the autonomous region despite <a href=\"https:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/somaliland-defen%E2%80%A6rds-with-somalia\/\">existing PSAs<\/a> with the Hargeisa-led government.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>DOWNLOAD your copy of the new released\u00a0<strong>SOMALIA UPSTREAM SECTOR OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK\u00a0 <\/strong>and learn more about the Toosan-1 prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/product\/somalia-upstream-sector-overview-and-outlook\/\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genel Energy has in its latestet operations and trading update said that it continues target a spud date in the next 12-18 months for the Toosan 1 well on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-genel-energy-targets-toosan-1-drilling-in-2024\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7443,11],"tags":[976,9926,2356,10996],"class_list":["post-13152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-eastern-africa","category-top-news","tag-genel-energy","tag-sl10b13-block","tag-somaliland","tag-toosan-1","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Somaliland-SL10B13-Block.jpg?fit=531%2C399&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3q8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13686,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-toosan-1-well-spud-date-h1-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":13152,"position":0},"title":"SOMALILAND: Toosan-1 Well Spud Date H1 2024","author":"","date":"May 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Genel Energy reports that preparation continues for the drilling of the Toosan-1 well on the highly prospective SL10B13 block where it has 51% working interest and is operator. The Toosan prospect which contains stacked Mesozoic reservoir objectives, with multiple individual prospective resource has estimates each ranging from 100 to 200\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Somaliland-SL10B13-Block.jpg?fit=531%2C399&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Somaliland-SL10B13-Block.jpg?fit=531%2C399&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Somaliland-SL10B13-Block.jpg?fit=531%2C399&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11422,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-opic-acquires-49-working-interest-in-sl10b13-block\/","url_meta":{"origin":13152,"position":1},"title":"SOMALILAND:  OPIC Acquires 49% Working Interest in SL10B13 Block","author":"","date":"December 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Genel Energy has announced it has signed a farm-out agreement relating to the SL10B13 block, Somaliland, with OPIC Somaliland Corporation (\u2018OSC\u2019), with all its share of future capital investment coming from CPC Corporation, Taiwan, the state-owned enterprise of Taiwan. 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The expiry dates of the relevant exploration periods under the PSA shall now be: Third Period: 2 November 2020; Fourth Period (optional):\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Odewayne-Block.png?fit=423%2C528&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1099,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-creates-an-oilfield-protection-unit\/","url_meta":{"origin":13152,"position":4},"title":"Somaliland creates an Oilfield Protection Unit","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"May 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] The Government of the Republic of Somaliland has decided to establish a trained and equipped Oilfield Protection Unit that can provide the level of security required by the in-country operators so that future seismic and drilling operations can be conducted safely. According to the statement released by one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sterling-energy.jpg?fit=751%2C809&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sterling-energy.jpg?fit=751%2C809&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sterling-energy.jpg?fit=751%2C809&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sterling-energy.jpg?fit=751%2C809&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13095,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/somaliland-has-genel-energy-discovered-oil-in-salaxley\/","url_meta":{"origin":13152,"position":5},"title":"SOMALILAND: Has  Genel Energy Discovered Oil in Salaxley?","author":"","date":"January 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Days after a war of words over the legality of Genel's Energy license to explore in Somaliland one of the seven Federal Member States of Somalia (though largely autonomous with little or no control from Mogadishu) there are mixed messages by the regions Ministry of Energy and Minerals that point\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-Blocks.png?fit=863%2C664&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-Blocks.png?fit=863%2C664&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-Blocks.png?fit=863%2C664&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Somaliland-Oil-Blocks.png?fit=863%2C664&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13154,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13152\/revisions\/13154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}