{"id":7078,"date":"2018-06-19T16:33:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=7078"},"modified":"2018-06-19T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:35:28","slug":"pate-2-3-wells-face-delays-sakson-kenyan-agent-head-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/pate-2-3-wells-face-delays-sakson-kenyan-agent-head-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Pate 2 & 3 Wells Could Face Further Delays As Sakson & Kenyan Agent Head to Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

The continuation of Pate 2 and 3 wells in Lamu\u2019s block L4 is in doubt after the rig owner Sakson Drilling & Oil Services and its Kenyan agent Gas & Oil Exploration Consultants Limited (GASOILEX) fell out over unpaid commissions as part of the mobilization fee and as an agent for acting as an agent in the tender by Zarara Oil and Gas Limited.<\/p>\n

According to correspondence seen by OilNews Kenya Sakson Drilling & Oil Services is been sued for over $176,500 in commission of total costs from the projects, mobilization fee and lawyer collection fee after the Dubai based company failed to honor demands by GASOILEX lawyers.<\/p>\n

The suit could further delay drilling plans by Zarara with GASOILEX having continued to court to demand for settlement arising from its role in the transactions leading to the tender awarding as Sakson\u2019s point-man in Kenya. The Sakson Rig SK604, a 2,600HP rig\u00a0is currently on its way to Mombasa from the port of Tunis with an expected arrival date of 18th<\/sup> July. From there the rig will proceed to the Mtandawanda port in Lamu before being transported by trucks 16 kilometers to the drilling sites.<\/p>\n

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Already the wells have spud<\/a> using a top-hole drilling rig from Drilling Spares & Services Limited (\u201cDSSL\u201d) an experienced Kenyan drilling company to drill and run 20-inch casing for both Pate-2 and Pate-3 wells to 300 meters. The Sakson rig is expected to drill the two wells to a total depth of 4500 meters.<\/p>\n

This would be the second such delay after Zarara Oil and Gas fell out with the initial tender winner Greatwall drilling<\/a> of China delaying the drilling by several months and necessitating the license extension<\/a> by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in February 2018.<\/p>\n

Zarara Oil and Gas Limited (\u2018Zarara\u2019) which holds a 75% working interest is a 100% subsidiary of Midway Resources. CH-Swiss Oil Holdings International holds 15% and the National Oil Company of Kenya at 10%. MRI has negotiated a legally binding heads of agreement for the eventual acquisition of the 15% interest of CH-Swiss Oil Holdings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The continuation of Pate 2 and 3 wells in Lamu\u2019s block L4 is in doubt after the rig owner Sakson Drilling & Oil Services and its Kenyan agent Gas & … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":6980,"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":[3508,3507,6256,6874,6933,1376,4437,5578,6167,6255],"class_list":["post-7078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-block-l13","tag-block-l4","tag-ch-swiss-oil-holdings-international","tag-drilling-spares-services-limited","tag-gas-oil-exploration-consultants-limited","tag-lamu","tag-midway-resources","tag-national-oil-company-of-kenya","tag-sakson-drilling-oil-services","tag-zarara-oil-and-gas-limited","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180426-WA0030.jpg?fit=774%2C1032&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1Qa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7091,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/pate-2-continued-drilling-set-continue-august-sakson-rig-arrives-mombasa\/","url_meta":{"origin":7078,"position":0},"title":"Pate 2 Well Drilling Set to Continue in August as Sakson Rig Arrives in Mombasa","author":"","date":"June 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Drilling of Pate 2 well in Lamu's Block L4 could continue this late July or early August after the much awaited ship carrying the 2600hp Sakson SK604 rig arrived in Mombasa last week. 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