{"id":4228,"date":"2016-01-07T19:10:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T19:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2017-01-26T10:18:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T10:18:19","slug":"zarara-oil-and-gas-receives-18-month-extension-in-kenyas-blocks-l4-l13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zarara-oil-and-gas-receives-18-month-extension-in-kenyas-blocks-l4-l13\/","title":{"rendered":"Zarara Oil and Gas Receives 18 month Extension in Kenya\u2019s Blocks L4 & L13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenya\u2019s Block L4 & L13 operator Zarara Oil and Gas has said it has been granted an 18 month licence extension\u00a0through\u00a0to June 2017,\u00a0to the First Additional Exploration Period on both of the production sharing contracts.<\/p>\n

Zarara Oil and Gas which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Midway Resources International (MRI)\u00a0says The extensions will enable \u00a0it complete its preparation and drilling of Pate-2 well on the Pate-1 natural gas discovery which reached a total depth of 4188 meters by Shell\/BP in Lamu County in 1971.<\/p>\n

Zarara through its representative had earlier told OilNews it planned the drill a well in Block L4 in Q2 2016 from analysis of the survey data arising from 383 line kms 2D survey over the Pate Prospect which identified nine additional anomalies or leads on Blocks L4 & L13 which the company also has interest.<\/p>\n

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Zarara’s Block L4 & L13 marked in map under Block L3 colored\u00a0orange<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Zarara says the extensions will also allow it to acquire additional seismic data elsewhere on the licences.<\/p>\n

The seismic acquisition program will be focused on appraising a significant number of\u00a0leads identified by a comprehensive aeromagnetic survey over the two blocks completed in 2013.<\/p>\n

Midway Resources adds that it aims to complete the Pate-2 as a producing well which would undergo\u00a0extended well testing to supply temporary electric power generating units.<\/p>\n

\u201cZarara’s drilling strategy is to fully appraise the Pate natural gas discovery and then, in partnership with leading electrical power generation partners, undertake a phased development of up to 1,000MW of electricity generation capacity nearby at Port Lamu, the proposed southern terminal\u00a0of the LAPPSET Project.\u00a0This will\u00a0then be followed by the\u00a0first phase of gas powered generation from Pate,\u00a0assuming successful appraisal of the gas resource by Pate-2 and the follow-on development wells.,\u201d the company said in a statement to shareholders in the London Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n

Zarara Oil and Gas\u00a0\u00a0partners are Swiss Oil Holdings Ltd (15%) and the balance of 10% being a carried interest of the Government of Kenya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenya\u2019s Block L4 & L13 operator Zarara Oil and Gas has said it has been granted an 18 month licence extension\u00a0through\u00a0to June 2017,\u00a0to the First Additional Exploration Period on both … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3251,"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":[11],"tags":[3508,3507,3906,1252,1382,1386,1451,3506,1696,3907,3509,3510,3908,2765],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-block-l13","tag-block-l4","tag-gas-powered-stations","tag-kenya","tag-lamu-port","tag-lappset","tag-london-stock-exchange","tag-midway-resources-international","tag-natural-gas","tag-pate-prospect","tag-pate-1","tag-pate-2","tag-swiss-oil-holdings-ltd","tag-zarara-oil-and-gas","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Midway-Resources.png?fit=405%2C252&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-16c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6095,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zarara-oil-gas-gets-18-month-license-extension-kenyas-block-l4-l13\/","url_meta":{"origin":4228,"position":0},"title":"Zarara Oil and Gas Gets 18 month License extension in Kenya\u2019s block L4 and L13","author":"","date":"June 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Zarara Oil and Gas the operator in block L4 and L13 located in Lamu County has received an eighteen month license extension to January 2019 after the lapse of an earlier 18 month licence extension\u00a0through\u00a0to June 2017\u00a0to the First Additional Exploration Period on both of the production sharing contracts expired\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\/2016\/10\/Pate-1-location.png?fit=639%2C632&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pate-1-location.png?fit=639%2C632&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pate-1-location.png?fit=639%2C632&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5318,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zarara-oil-gas-in-csr-drive-in-lamu-county-ahead-of-pate-2-drilling\/","url_meta":{"origin":4228,"position":1},"title":"Zarara Oil & Gas in CSR Drive in Lamu County Ahead of Pate-2 Drilling","author":"","date":"October 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Zarara Oil and Gas a subsidiary of Midway Resources (MRI) the operator in Lamu basins block L4 and L13 has donated books worth Kshs. 2.5 million (approx. $25,000) to all primary and secondary schools located towards the east of the county. 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