{"id":4092,"date":"2015-11-17T06:05:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T06:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=4092"},"modified":"2017-01-26T12:36:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T12:36:44","slug":"emesek-1-exploration-well-in-kenyas-north-turkana-basin-disappoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/emesek-1-exploration-well-in-kenyas-north-turkana-basin-disappoints\/","title":{"rendered":"Emesek-1 exploration well in Kenya\u2019s North Turkana basin Disappoints"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Emesek-1 exploration well also known as the Tausi prospect located in the North Turkana basin\u00a0in Block 13T failed to encounter any oil and will be plugged and abandoned.<\/p>\n

\"Elmesek<\/a>The Emesek-1 well which was also the\u00a0North Turkana basin opener spud in mid-October drilled to a depth of 3000 meters did not encounter commercial hydrocarbons according to the joint venture partners in the Block Tullow Oil (operator), Africa Oil and Maersk Oil.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Emesek-1 well was the first well to be drilled in the North Lokichar basin. While this wildcat well did not find commercial hydrocarbons, it provides valuable data as we assess the wider prospectivity of this basin,\u201d commented\u00a0Angus Mccoss, Exploration Director, Tullow Oil Plc.<\/em><\/p>\n

The North Turkana basin is immediately north of the South Lokichar producing trend and has a younger \u2018fill\u2019 than South Lokichar but also expected to share same Miocene sequence.<\/p>\n

Following completion of operations, the rig will move to the South Lokichar basin to drill the Etom-2 well in an undrilled fault block adjacent to the Etom oil discovery.<\/p>\n

The Etom-1 well<\/a> in Block 13T is the most northerly well drilled to date in the South Lokichar basin, 6.5 km north of the previous Agete-1 discovery. The well encountered approximately 10 metres of net oil pay, extending the proven oil basin significantly northwards.<\/p>\n

The Weatherford 804 rig drilled the Etom-1 well to a final depth of 2,000 metres.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are quite pleased with the Etom discovery which extends the proven petroleum system to the northern portion of the Lokichar basin and derisks several large prospects in that area,\u201d Africa Oil CEO Keith Hill said in August 2014.<\/p>\n

The Marriot 46 drilling rig\u00a0will then move to drill the Cheptuket-1<\/a> exploration well in Block 12A and will test a basin bounding structural closure in the undrilled Kerio Valley Basin, in a similar structural setting to the successful Ngamia and Amosing discoveries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Emesek-1 exploration well also known as the Tausi prospect located in the North Turkana basin\u00a0in Block 13T failed to encounter any oil and will be plugged and abandoned. 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