{"id":4534,"date":"2016-03-30T18:03:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=4534"},"modified":"2016-03-30T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:03:40","slug":"swala-energys-kito-prospect-on-schedule-for-drilling-in-3rd-quarter-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/swala-energys-kito-prospect-on-schedule-for-drilling-in-3rd-quarter-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Swala Energy\u2019s Kito Prospect on Schedule for Drilling in 3rd Quarter 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swala Energy and Tata Petrodyne\u00a0 have said all is set to drill at the Kilosa Kilombero license in Q3 2016 with the latest feasibility study showing the majority of roads and bridges are suitable to move a rig.<\/p>\n

According to Swala Energy two bridges are likely to be bypassed as well as improvement of one river crossing near the site.<\/p>\n

A road survey has also been planned ahead of drilling to ensure all hazards and obstacles are identified.<\/p>\n

As per the Gaffney Cline & Associates Competent Persons Report 38.9 mmbo has been allocated to Kilosa-Kilombero with Kito<\/a> P50 Prospective Resources assessed at 21.5 mmbo (net).<\/p>\n

\"Kito<\/a><\/p>\n

Of the various prospects Kito Basal Sandstone and Kito Sequence 1 Sandstone have the highest likelihood of success with 11% and 12% respectively. The prospects were\u00a0identified following 430km 2D seismic survey carried out in the Kilombero Basin in 2013<\/p>\n

The drilling set for September 2016 currently is in the contracting rig stage with site preparation expected to commence in June 2016.<\/p>\n

Already\u00a0 Swala Energy has awarded<\/a> the Drill Support Team contract for the 2016 drilling campaign to the Tanzanian subsidiary of AWT International (Asia) Sdn Bhd, a Singapore-headquartered firm offering subsurface, subsea and surface facilities engineering services and contracting solutions to the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n

\"Karuka-Katai,<\/a>Meanwhile Swala says it is hopeful of being awarded a license in Uganda from the two licence applications currently in Uganda at the Karuka-Taitai and Kanywataba licenses.<\/p>\n

Licence awards are planned for end June 2016 after the selection of a short-list of companies companies that will negotiate licence terms with the Government in late March \/ April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Swala Energy and Tata Petrodyne\u00a0 have said all is set to drill at the Kilosa Kilombero license in Q3 2016 with the latest feasibility study showing the majority of roads … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4537,"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":[3773,4267,4268,1329,1337,2447,2466,4193,2603],"class_list":["post-4534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-awt-international","tag-drill-support-team","tag-gaffney-cline-associates","tag-kilosa-kilombero-license","tag-kito-prospect","tag-swala-energy","tag-tanzania","tag-tata-petrodyne","tag-uganda","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Kito-propsect2D-image.png?fit=418%2C477&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1b8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7053,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/swala-oil-gas-pushes-kito-1-well-drilling-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":4534,"position":0},"title":"Swala Oil & Gas Pushes Kito 1 Well Drilling to 2019","author":"","date":"June 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The drilling of the Kito 1 well in Tanzania\u2019s Kilosa Kilombero license will likely happen in 2019 following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Swala Oil and Gas, the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation and the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority that will ensure that the explorer receives, in a\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":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5153,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tanzanias-kito-prospect-drilling-in-doubt-as-jv-dispute-rages\/","url_meta":{"origin":4534,"position":1},"title":"Tanzania\u2019s Kito Prospect Drilling in Doubt as JV dispute rages","author":"","date":"September 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The drilling of the Kito prospect in the Kilosa-Kilombero license in Tanzania earlier set for Q3 2016 is in doubt going by the latest corporate presentation by JV partner Otto Energy. 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