{"id":4069,"date":"2015-11-11T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2017-01-26T12:43:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T12:43:48","slug":"tullow-oil-announces-farm-down-to-delonex-energy-in-kenyas-block-12a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-announces-farm-down-to-delonex-energy-in-kenyas-block-12a\/","title":{"rendered":"Tullow Oil announces Farm-Down to Delonex Energy in Kenya\u2019s Block 12A"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenya\u2019s Block 12A operator Tullow Oil has announced it has agreed to farm-down 25% of its 65% operated working interest in Block 12A to Delonex for a carry.<\/p>\n

The block which expects to see its first well spud<\/a> in 2016 has seen a lot of activity in the past fortnight following the sale of assets by Marathon Oil<\/a>\u00a0to an undisclosed company and the entry of Maersk Oil<\/a> following a farm-out by joint venture partner Africa Oil.<\/p>\n

Block 12A which lies south of Block 10BB which has witnessed a number of discoveries over the past three years lies in the Kerio basin where a similar there exist a similar structural setting to the successful Ngamia and Amosing discoveries.<\/p>\n

Delonex Energy whose management team is led by former CEO of Cairn India\u00a0Rahul Dhir has been on an expansion drive after landing its first license in Ethiopia<\/a> in 2014 covering Blocks 18, 19 and 21 in the Abred-Ferfer area.<\/p>\n

The company has also recently been awarded a second operating license in Mozambique<\/a> during the fifth competitive bidding round in Area\u00a0 P5-A\u00a0 onshore Palmeria.<\/p>\n

The farm-down agreement in Block 12A is however subject to Kenya government consent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenya\u2019s Block 12A operator Tullow Oil has announced it has agreed to farm-down 25% of its 65% operated working interest in Block 12A to Delonex for a carry. 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