{"id":5900,"date":"2017-05-03T09:33:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=5900"},"modified":"2017-05-03T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:33:22","slug":"national-oil-corporation-readies-for-drilling-in-kenyas-block-14t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/national-oil-corporation-readies-for-drilling-in-kenyas-block-14t\/","title":{"rendered":"National Oil Corporation Readies for Drilling in Kenya\u2019s Block 14T"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Block 14T operator the state owned National Oil Corporation has indicated it is ready to commence drilling with the invitation to tender for provision of onshore drilling services.<\/p>\n<p>The tender set to close on 29<sup>th<\/sup> May is open to both local and international bidders lays emphasis on the company contracted being able to enhance skills and technology transfer to the staff of NOCK as well as foster local content through training of Kenyan drilling crews, Drilling Management, operational logistic, development of local suppliers and a comprehensive local supply chain to service the drilling company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026they should have (i) a strong track record of operating with, and developing, local content (skills, technology transfer as well as supplier development, ideally in Sub-Sahara Africa) and; (ii) operational compliance with international oil and gas practices,\u201d the tender asserts.<\/p>\n<p>Block 14T which lies in the\u00a0tertiary rift basin in southern Kenya has a larger portion of its basement 0.5 to 2 kilometers in depth and is yet to be drilled.<\/p>\n<p>Already a number of data acquisition activities have been carried out in the block including 400 km of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2iOmLWk\">2D seismic<\/a> and Magneto Telluric (MT) survey. National Oil has also completed a gas seepage Geochemical study, ground gravity studies as well as 20,000 line km of FTG studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Block 14T operator the state owned National Oil Corporation has indicated it is ready to commence drilling with the invitation to tender for provision of onshore drilling services. The tender &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/national-oil-corporation-readies-for-drilling-in-kenyas-block-14t\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5888,"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":[267,637,926,981,1252,1434,1440,1689,1755,2272],"class_list":["post-5900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-block-14t","tag-drilling","tag-ftg","tag-geochemical-survey","tag-kenya","tag-local-content","tag-logistics","tag-national-oil-corporation","tag-nock","tag-seismic","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Block-14T.png?fit=876%2C620&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1xa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7581,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/national-oil-seeks-farm-out-partner-in-kenyas-block-14t\/","url_meta":{"origin":5900,"position":0},"title":"National Oil Seeks Farm-Out Partner in Kenya\u2019s Block 14T","author":"","date":"February 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Block 14T operator State owned National Oil Corporation of Kenya has said it is seeking a consultant to assist in the preparation of an appropriate farm down strategy advice in the preparation of a suitable farm down plan and time table as well as help identify potential farm in partners\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","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\/2019\/02\/Block-14T-1.png?fit=876%2C620&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Block-14T-1.png?fit=876%2C620&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Block-14T-1.png?fit=876%2C620&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Block-14T-1.png?fit=876%2C620&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6380,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/excitement-borehole-drilling-company-hits-flammable-gas-pocket-kajiado-county\/","url_meta":{"origin":5900,"position":1},"title":"Excitement as Borehole Drilling Company Hits \u2018Flammable Gas\u2019 Pocket In Kajiado County","author":"","date":"October 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"There is an excitement in Kipeto village in Kajiado County after a company contracted to drill for water hit a flammable gas at a depth of around 200 meters that has been burning for days and what locals perceive to be natural gas in what is block 14T operated by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","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\/2014\/06\/block-14t-bigger.jpg?fit=1000%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-14t-bigger.jpg?fit=1000%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-14t-bigger.jpg?fit=1000%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/block-14t-bigger.jpg?fit=1000%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5132,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/national-oil-to-commence-2d-seismic-in-kenyas-block-14t-in-october\/","url_meta":{"origin":5900,"position":2},"title":"National Oil to Commence 2D Seismic in Kenya\u2019s Block 14T in October","author":"","date":"September 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Block 14T operator the state owned National Oil Corporation of Kenya is set to commence 2D seismic in October with scouting activity on where to set up camp already ongoing. 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