exploration and appraisal wells, is in excess of one billion barrels of oil.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Amosing-1 and Ewoi-1 discoveries in Block 10BB continue Tullow\u2019s 100% success record in the basin with seven out of seven discoveries to date. <\/span><\/p>\nBased on results of drilling, wireline logs and samples of reservoir fluid, the Amosing-1 well has intersected net oil pay of between 160 and 200 metres, significantly exceeding Tullow\u2019s pre-drill expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cExploration results to date from the first basin, amongst a chain of basins, have proven that Tullow’s onshore acreage in northern Kenya has the potential to become a significant new hydrocarbon province. The programme of over 20 wells we have planned across our licences over the next twenty four months should materially add to the 600 mmbo discovered to date through a combination of exploration and appraisal,” said Tullow Oil Exploration director Angus McCoss .”With up to five other analogous basins being tested during this programme, Tullow has the opportunity to increase Kenya\u2019s resources significantly beyond today\u2019s estimates.\u201d<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\nThe Ewoi-1 well has encountered net pay of 20 to 80 metres and has continued to de-risk the basin flank play opened up by the Etuko-1 well in 2013. Following completion of logging operations the wells will be suspended for future flow testing to confirm the net pay counts. <\/span><\/p>\nThe rigs will then move to drill the Emong-1 well, adjacent to the Ngamia field, and the Twiga South-2 appraisal well, both in Block 13T. The partnership has elected not to continue into the next exploration phase in Block 10A in Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\nGiven the significant volumes discovered and the extensive exploration and appraisal programme planned to fully assess the upside potential of the basin, Tullow and partners have agreed with the Government of Kenya to commence development studies. In addition, the partnership is involved in a comprehensive pre-FEED study of the export pipeline. The current ambition of the Government of Kenya and the joint venture partnership is to reach project sanction for development, including an export pipeline, in the period 2015\/2016.<\/span><\/p>\nTullow operates both the Amosing-1 and Ewoi-1 wells with a 50% interest and Africa Oil has a 50% non-operated interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results to date are extremely positive for achieving a commercial development from the discoveries made in this basin. We will now be working with the National and County Governments with the aim of progressing both the upstream development and the associated export pipeline to project sanction in the period 2015\/2016. There is clearly scope for the development to be expanded if there is further exploration success in other basins,\u201d Tullow oil COO Paul McDade.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tullow Oil plc \u00a0has today announces oil discoveries at the Amosing-1 and Ewoi-1 exploration wells in Block 10BB onshore northern Kenya. As a result of these latest successes and recently … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291,"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":[5,11],"tags":[91,139,258,259,266,719,3572,829,1252,3157,1773,2565,2571,2573,3571],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-discoveries","category-top-news","tag-agete-1","tag-amosing-1","tag-block-10ba","tag-block-10bb","tag-block-13t","tag-ekales-1","tag-emong-1","tag-ewoi-1","tag-kenya","tag-ngamia-field","tag-northern-kenya","tag-tullow","tag-tullow-oil","tag-tullow-oil-plc","tag-twiga-south-2","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/tullow1.jpg?fit=259%2C195&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-5T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":810,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-receives-poor-results-at-kenyas-block-10bb-13t-2-wells\/","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":0},"title":"Tullow Oil receives mixed results at Kenya\u2019s Block 10BB, 13T wells","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"March 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tullow Oil\u00a0has announced the results of a series of recent exploration and appraisal activities conducted by the four rigs currently operating in\u00a0Blocks 10BB\u00a0and\u00a013T\u00a0onshore Kenya. The Emong-1 exploration well in Block 13T was drilled to test a structure directly across the main basin bounding fault, which is juxtaposed against the material\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Top News"","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\/03\/tullow-update.jpg?fit=456%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1681,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-africa-oil-discover-more-oil-in-north-western-kenya\/","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":1},"title":"Tullow Oil, Africa Oil appraisal activities in North Western Kenya successful","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"August 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] Tullow Oil plc and its partner Africa Oil have announced a new round of successful results from a series of exploration, appraisal and testing activities conducted in Blocks 10BB and 13T onshore Kenya. Amosing-2 appraisal well The Amosing-2 well in Block 10BB is the first appraisal well on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Discoveries"","block_context":{"text":"New Discoveries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/new-discoveries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kenya-block-11a-2.jpg?fit=300%2C258&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1291,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/kenyas-encounters-more-well-in-block-10bb\/","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":2},"title":"Kenya’s encounters more oil in Block 10BB","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"June 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] Ngamia-2 appraisal well in Block 10BB has encountered up to 39 metres of net oil pay and 11 metres of net gas pay according to newest operational update by Africa Oil and Tullow Oil. According to the new update the\u00a0PR Marriott 46\u00a0rig has recently completed the Ngamia-2 well\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Discoveries"","block_context":{"text":"New Discoveries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/new-discoveries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-10bb.jpg?fit=598%2C746&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-10bb.jpg?fit=598%2C746&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-10bb.jpg?fit=598%2C746&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":194,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-hits-dry-well-ethiopias-tultule-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":3},"title":"Tullow hits dry well Ethiopia\u2019s Tultule-1","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"December 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Tultule-1 wildcat well in the South\u00a0Omo block onshore Ethiopia, has reached a total depth of 2,101 metres and will be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The well was targeting a reservoir section similar to the sands drilled in the nearby Sabisa-1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Discoveries"","block_context":{"text":"New Discoveries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/new-discoveries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/tulow3.png?fit=316%2C415&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1028,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/africa-oil-strikes-more-oil-north-of-twiga-1-in-northern-kenya\/","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":4},"title":"Africa Oil, Tullow appraisal activities strike more oil in Northern Kenya","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"May 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Africa Oil and its Partner Tullow oil have hit some 62 meters of vertical net oil pay in a well drilled towards the north of Twiga 1 and is currently deepening it to evaluate the Lakhone sand reservoirs as a testing program is planned later in the year. \u201cSome 62\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Discoveries"","block_context":{"text":"New Discoveries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/new-discoveries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/africa-oil.jpg?fit=750%2C670&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/africa-oil.jpg?fit=750%2C670&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/africa-oil.jpg?fit=750%2C670&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/africa-oil.jpg?fit=750%2C670&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1056,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/3d-seismic-in-kenyas-block-10bb-and-13t-to-be-completed-by-september\/","url_meta":{"origin":365,"position":5},"title":"3D seismic in Kenya\u2019s Block 10BB and 13T to be completed by September","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"May 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] The ongoing 3D Seismic surveys over an area of 550 square kilometers in Blocks 10BB and 13T will be through by the end of the third quarter according to Africa Oil. The seismic program is ongoing over the discoveries and prospects along the Basin Bounding Fault Play in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Top News"","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\/block-10bb-13t.jpg?fit=624%2C767&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/block-10bb-13t.jpg?fit=624%2C767&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/block-10bb-13t.jpg?fit=624%2C767&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3309,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/3309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}