{"id":4546,"date":"2016-04-05T16:55:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2017-01-25T10:35:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T10:35:23","slug":"history-of-oil-exploration-in-kenya-1950-to-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/history-of-oil-exploration-in-kenya-1950-to-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"History Of Oil Exploration In Kenya (1950 To 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Discovery-wells-kenya.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-4659 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Discovery-wells-kenya.png?resize=611%2C645&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Discovery wells kenya\" width=\"611\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Discovery-wells-kenya.png?w=611&amp;ssl=1 611w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Discovery-wells-kenya.png?resize=95%2C100&amp;ssl=1 95w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Discovery-wells-kenya.png?resize=284%2C300&amp;ssl=1 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a>1950\u2019S &#8211; Oil exploration commenced<\/li>\n<li>1960 to 1984 &#8211; 16 wells drilled mainly in the Lamu and Anza basins<\/li>\n<li>1981- National Oil was incorporated in 1981<\/li>\n<li>1984 GOK enacted new Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act.<\/li>\n<li>1986 Petroleum (E &amp; P) Act revised. Royalties replaced by PSC\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>1985 to 1992 &#8211; Further 14 wells drilled<\/li>\n<li>1995 &#8211; Lamu Basin Study completed.<\/li>\n<li>2001 &#8211; Tertiary Rift Study complete<\/li>\n<li>2000+ &#8211; Award of offshore PSC\u2019s and reinvigorated exploration<\/li>\n<li>2006 \u2013 Deepest offshore well drilled by Woodside<\/li>\n<li>2009 \u2013 Deepest onshore well being drilled by CNOOC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/wells-drilled-in-Kenya.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/wells-drilled-in-Kenya.png?resize=887%2C567&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"wells drilled in Kenya\" width=\"887\" height=\"567\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0\u00a0Presentation To The 5th East African Petroleum Conference And Exhibition 2011\u00a0By Martin M. Heya Commissioner For Petroleum Energy, Ministry Of Energy, Kenya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1950\u2019S &#8211; Oil exploration commenced 1960 to 1984 &#8211; 16 wells drilled mainly in the Lamu and Anza basins 1981- National Oil was incorporated in 1981 1984 GOK enacted new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/history-of-oil-exploration-in-kenya-1950-to-2010\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4548,"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":[3397,1],"tags":[4310,89,4274,166,4301,4302,4285,346,4284,3357,443,4277,476,4312,4296,637,4187,4287,715,4289,4290,3075,4283,3501,813,4298,4417,4300,4286,4282,4306,1288,4299,4305,1377,4307,4418,1452,1494,4294,4304,4311,4275,4293,1708,1732,1859,1861,3599,4416,4292,3509,4278,4281,2151,2297,4303,4288,2511,4308,4276,2592,4279,4297,4280,4291,4295,4309,2743],"class_list":["post-4546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pscs","category-uncategorized","tag-5th-east-african-petroleum-conference-and-exhibition-2011","tag-agete","tag-amoco","tag-anza-basin","tag-anza-1","tag-bahati-1","tag-bellatrix-1","tag-bp","tag-chalbi-3","tag-cheptuket","tag-chevron","tag-cities-services","tag-cnooc","tag-commissioner-for-petroleum-energy","tag-dodori-1","tag-drilling","tag-dry-well","tag-duma-1","tag-ekale","tag-elgal-1","tag-elgal-2","tag-eliye-springs-1","tag-endela-1","tag-engomo","tag-etom","tag-garissa-1","tag-gas-shows","tag-hagarso-1","tag-hothori-1","tag-kaisut-1","tag-kencan-1","tag-kenyan-ministry-of-energy","tag-kipini-1","tag-kofia-1","tag-lamu-basin","tag-lamu-basin-study","tag-loperot","tag-loperot-1","tag-mandera-basin","tag-mararani-1","tag-maridadi-1b","tag-martin-m-heya","tag-mehta-co","tag-meri-1","tag-ndovu-1","tag-ngamia","tag-oil-discovery","tag-oil-exploration","tag-oil-seep","tag-oil-shows","tag-pandagua-1","tag-pate-1","tag-petrocanada","tag-pomboo-1","tag-ria-kalui-1","tag-shell","tag-simba-1","tag-sirius-1","tag-tertiary-rift","tag-tertiary-rift-study","tag-texas-pacific","tag-twiga","tag-union","tag-walmerer-1","tag-walter","tag-walu-1","tag-walu-2","tag-wells-drilled","tag-woodside","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kenya-Sedimentary-Basins.png?fit=336%2C439&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1bk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2922,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/kenya-oil-gas-upstream-sector-fact-file-shortened\/","url_meta":{"origin":4546,"position":0},"title":"Kenya Oil and Gas (upstream) sector fact file &#8211; shortened","author":"","date":"May 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Ministry of Energy and Petroleum 1950-1992: \u00a030 wells drilled by international oil companies in Kenya\u2019s sedimentary basins. 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