{"id":2254,"date":"2015-01-08T10:45:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T09:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2015-09-07T12:55:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:55:49","slug":"drilling-of-badada-1-well-in-kenyas-block-2b-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/drilling-of-badada-1-well-in-kenyas-block-2b-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Drilling of Badada-1 well in Kenya&#8217;s Block 2B begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Block 2B operator Taipan Resources through its subsidiary Lion Petroleum has announced that the <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/GYOB9%20\">GW-190 rig<\/a> has spudded Badada-1 well with the well planned to be drilled to a total depth f between 3000 and 4000 meters.<\/p>\n<p>The well which will take 70 days to complete will test tertiary age reservoirs similar to those in Block 10BB, 13T in the Lokichar basin where Tullow and its partner have discovered oil.<\/p>\n<p>According to Taipan CEO Maxwell Birley the spudding of Badada-1 well is an important milestone by the company which is yet to drill an exploration well since acquiring its licence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince acquiring the Kenya-based assets of Lion, the Taipan team has identified the Badada prospect after acquiring two seismic surveys on Block 2B, building on legacy data from an earlier period of exploration, and then successfully financed the drilling through a combination of capital raises and farm downs.\u00a0We along with our partners Tower Resources and Premeir Oil are extremely excited about the opportunity that Badada presents as a potential play opener which could generate potential upside from a follow-on exploration programme,\u201d says Birley.<\/p>\n<p>Taipan estimates gross mean unrisked recoverable resources of 251mmboe according to estimates from an assessment by Sproule International Limited in February 2014 which was an updated assessment from one carried out by the same company in December 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Taipan holds 30% working interest in Block 2B while Premier Oil holds 50% and Tower Resources 20%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Block 2B operator Taipan Resources through its subsidiary Lion Petroleum has announced that the GW-190 rig has spudded Badada-1 well with the well planned to be drilled to a total &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/drilling-of-badada-1-well-in-kenyas-block-2b-begins\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2308,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[212,273,1043,1059,1252,1418,1779,2071,2396,2458,2541],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-badada-1","tag-block-2a","tag-greatwall","tag-gw-190-rig","tag-kenya","tag-lion-petroleum","tag-norwell-engineering","tag-premier-oil","tag-sproule-international-limited","tag-taipan-resources","tag-tower-resources","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/taipan-badada-1-well1.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-Am","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2408,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/badada-1-well-drilling-update-in-block-2b-onshore-kenya\/","url_meta":{"origin":2254,"position":0},"title":"Badada-1 Well Drilling Update in Block-2B, onshore Kenya","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"February 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Taipan Resources through its Kenya-based subsidiary Lion Petroleum in its new update drilling operations for the Badada-1 well Block-2B, onshore Kenya have reached to a total depth of 1,647 metres. A 13 3\/8- inch casing has been successfully run to 1,644 metres MDBRT and cemented in the 17 1\/2-inch\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\/2015\/01\/taipan-badada-1-well1.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/taipan-badada-1-well1.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/taipan-badada-1-well1.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2345,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/badada-1-well-drilling-update-in-kenyas-block-2b\/","url_meta":{"origin":2254,"position":1},"title":"Badada-1 Well Drilling Update in Kenya&#8217;s Block 2B","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"January 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] Taipan Resources through its Kenya-based subsidiary Lion Petroleum has provided the following update on drilling operations for the Badada-1 well, Block-2B, onshore Kenya. The Badada-1 well commenced drilling operations on 7 January 2015 and has been drilled to a total depth of 918 metres MDBRT (Measured Depth Below\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\/2015\/01\/taipan-badada-1-well1.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/taipan-badada-1-well1.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/taipan-badada-1-well1.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2165,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/taipan-resources-awards-drilling-contracts-for-badada-1-well-in-kenyas-block-2b\/","url_meta":{"origin":2254,"position":2},"title":"Taipan Resources awards drilling contracts for Badada-1 well in Kenya\u2019s Block 2B","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"December 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Block operator in Block 2B Taipan Resources has announced that together with other joint-venture partners, have executed a contract with Greatwall for the GW-190 land rig and have also contracted Aberdeen-based Norwell Engineering to manage the drilling operations of the Badada-1 well. 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The Badada-1 well is expected\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\/06\/block-2b.jpg?fit=750%2C668&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-2b.jpg?fit=750%2C668&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-2b.jpg?fit=750%2C668&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-2b.jpg?fit=750%2C668&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2065,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/badada-1-well-likely-to-delay-as-court-injunction-halts-operations-in-kenyas-block-2b\/","url_meta":{"origin":2254,"position":4},"title":"Badada-1 well likely to delay as court injunction halts operations in Kenya\u2019s Block 2B","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"November 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] Taipan Resources\u00a0 has announced that the Company's wholly-owned Kenya-based subsidiary, Lion Petroleum Inc. has received a formal notice from the High Court of Kenya of a temporary injunction preventing the Company from working on the Badada-1 well site in Block 2B, north east Kenya. 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