{"id":4714,"date":"2016-05-25T08:31:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T08:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=4714"},"modified":"2017-01-25T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T08:15:54","slug":"tullow-oil-jv-partners-to-drill-more-basin-openers-appraisal-wells-in-kenya-in-late-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-jv-partners-to-drill-more-basin-openers-appraisal-wells-in-kenya-in-late-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Tullow Oil, JV Partners To Drill More Basin Openers, Appraisal Wells in Kenya in Late 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa Oil has reiterated that the South Lokichar basin could see 2-4 Potential basin-openers in late 2016 and beyond as well as 4-8 Appraisal and exploration drilling targets raising hopes of renewed activity in Kenya\u2019s Blocks 10BB and 13T.<\/p>\n

\"Near<\/a>The basin openers first reported by OilNews Kenya in December 2015<\/a> according to the May presentation to investors are among efforts to see an upside to current view of contingent resources to come from the Lokichar Basin and\/or new basins.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommencing second half of 2016 with 4 to 8 wells focusing on Northern portion of Lokichar Basin and Deep Objectives,\u201d reads the presentation.<\/p>\n

The Near-term Basin Openers however remain: Tulya, Thilli, Linga, or Lukwa Prospects in South Kerio (Block 10BB) North Samaki & Kifaru Prospects, in the North Turkana (Block 10BA).<\/p>\n

Results from the Cheptuket<\/a> Prospect in Kerio Valley (Block 12A) continue to be evaluated.<\/p>\n

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\"Etom<\/a>Other than the near term basin openers the Etom area is among the front runners likely to see new activity where the Etete prospect part of the Etom complex and located to the south east of the Etom discovery in Block 13T has been highlighted.<\/p>\n

Further north a number of Northern Prospects are being evaluated including: Ebenyo, Laboria and Erut in Block 13T Ekadeli, Elim and Ekamongo in Block 10BB.<\/p>\n

Africa Oil has also said the partners continue to advance Appraisal and Exploration Drilling Targets for consideration in the next drilling program with focus on appraisal\/step out opportunities in northern area of Lokichar Basin.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommencing second half of 2016 with 4 to 8 wells focusing on Northern portion of Lokichar Basin and Deep Objectives,\u201d reads the presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Oil has reiterated that the South Lokichar basin could see 2-4 Potential basin-openers in late 2016 and beyond as well as 4-8 Appraisal and exploration drilling targets raising hopes … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4717,"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":[70,266,4054,4499,1252,1312,3817,1445,3818,3909,1766,2378,3816,2571,3815],"class_list":["post-4714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-africa-oil","tag-block-13t","tag-blocks-10bb","tag-cheptuket-prospect","tag-kenya","tag-kifaru-prospect","tag-linga","tag-lokichar-basin","tag-lukwa","tag-maersk-oil-and-gas","tag-north-samaki-prospect","tag-south-lokichar-basin","tag-thilli","tag-tullow-oil","tag-tulya","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lokichar-Basin.png?fit=453%2C588&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1e2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2338,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-africa-oil-to-drill-up-to-6-basin-openers-in-northern-kenya-in-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":4714,"position":0},"title":"Tullow, Africa Oil to drill up to 6 basin openers in Northern Kenya in 2015","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"January 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Tullow Oil and Africa Oil say they plan to drill 6 basin openers in North Western Kenya\u2019s North Lokichar basin, Kerio basin as well as in North Turkana according to the latest presentation by Africa Oil. 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