{"id":536,"date":"2014-02-18T06:13:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T06:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=536"},"modified":"2015-09-02T21:02:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T21:02:07","slug":"international-companies-operating-in-kenya-and-the-blocks-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/international-companies-operating-in-kenya-and-the-blocks-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"International companies operating in Kenya and the oil blocks awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nSource:Ministry of Energy and Petroleum<\/p>\n

Operator\/Contractor<\/td>\n

Block No.<\/td>\nBasin Name<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afren\/Lion<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nMandera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afren\/EAX<\/td>\nL17\/L18<\/td>\nLamu Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simba Petroleum<\/td>\n2A<\/td>\nMandera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lion Petroleum<\/td>\n2B<\/td>\nMandera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanoil Resources<\/td>\n3A\/3B<\/td>\nAnza<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Africa Oil<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nAnza<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tullow Oil\/Africa Oil<\/td>\n10A<\/td>\nAnza<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tullow Oil\/Africa Oil<\/td>\n10BA\/10BB\/12A\/13T<\/td>\nTertiary Rift<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tullow Oil\/Swala Energy<\/td>\n12B<\/td>\nTertiary Rift<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ERHC<\/td>\n11A<\/td>\nTertiary Rift<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adamantine<\/td>\n11B<\/td>\nTertiary Rift<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NOCK<\/td>\n14T<\/td>\nTertiary Rift<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A \u2013 Z Petroleum<\/td>\nL1A\/L3<\/td>\nLamu Onshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAMAC Energy<\/td>\nL1B<\/td>\nLamu Onshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAMAC Energy<\/td>\nL16<\/td>\nLamu Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAMAC Energy<\/td>\nL27\/L28<\/td>\nLamu Deep Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imara Energy<\/td>\nL2<\/td>\nLamu Onshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zarara\/SOHI Gas<\/td>\nL4<\/td>\nLamu Onshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zarara\/SOHI Gas<\/td>\nL13<\/td>\nLamu Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anadarko\/Total\/Cove<\/td>\nL5\/L7\/L11A\/L11B\/L12<\/td>\nLamu Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flow Energy\/Origin Energy<\/td>\nL6<\/td>\nLamu Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apache<\/td>\nL8<\/td>\nLamu Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ophir\/Dominion Petroleum<\/td>\nL9\/L15<\/td>\nLamu Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BG Group<\/td>\nL10A\/L10B<\/td>\nLamu Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lamu Exploration<\/td>\nL14<\/td>\nLamu Onshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rift Energy<\/td>\nL19<\/td>\nLamu Onshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pacific Seaboard Investments<\/td>\nL20<\/td>\nLamu Onshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ENI<\/td>\nL21\/L23\/L24<\/td>\nLamu Deep Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\nL22<\/td>\nLamu Deep Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OPEN BLOCKS<\/td>\nL25\/L26<\/td>\nLamu Deep Offshore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Source:Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Operator\/Contractor Block No. Basin Name Afren\/Lion 1 Mandera Afren\/EAX L17\/L18 Lamu Offshore Simba Petroleum 2A Mandera Lion Petroleum 2B Mandera Vanoil Resources 3A\/3B Anza Africa … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[40,52,59,70,147,170,236,321,383,533,618,710,768,904,1111,1252,1380,1410,1755,1925,1934,2162,2314,2341,2447,2533,2571,2668,2764],"class_list":["post-536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oil-politics","tag-a-z-petroleum","tag-adamantine","tag-afren","tag-africa-oil","tag-anadarko","tag-apache","tag-bg-group","tag-blocks","tag-camac","tag-cove","tag-dominion-petroleum","tag-ehrc","tag-eni","tag-flow-energy","tag-imara-energy","tag-kenya","tag-lamu-exploration","tag-licensing","tag-nock","tag-ophir","tag-origin-energy","tag-rift-energy","tag-simba-petroleum","tag-sohi-gas","tag-swala-energy","tag-total","tag-tullow-oil","tag-vanoil","tag-zarara","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blocks.jpg?fit=468%2C628&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-8E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3030,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/afren-receives-15-month-extension-kenyas-block-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":536,"position":0},"title":"Afren Receives 15 Month Extension in Kenya\u2019s Block 1","author":"","date":"May 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The government of Kenya through the Ministry of Energy has granted Afren through its subsidiary East African Exploration (EAX) a 15 month extension to the current Second Additional Exploration Period as a result of security concerns in the area. 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