{"id":7091,"date":"2018-06-26T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T13:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=7091"},"modified":"2018-06-27T06:15:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T06:15:43","slug":"pate-2-continued-drilling-set-continue-august-sakson-rig-arrives-mombasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/pate-2-continued-drilling-set-continue-august-sakson-rig-arrives-mombasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pate 2 Well Drilling Set to Continue in August as Sakson Rig Arrives in Mombasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drilling of Pate 2 well in Lamu&#8217;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. The rig will then head off to Mtandawanda port in Lamu East aboard a barge hired from a local company with the expected arrival date expected to be Thursday. According to sources the massive rig will afterwards be offloaded for transportation to the drilling site some 16 kilometers away before being assembled for drilling an exercise expected to take about a month all together.<\/p>\n<p>The Sakson SK604 rig which was transported from onshore Algeria some 800km off the port of Tunis is expected to drill the Pate 2 well from the current 300 meters to the expected total depth of 4500 meters before proceeding to the Pate 3 well depending on the success of the first well.<\/p>\n<p>The commencement of the continued drilling is however in <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Kmr3l3\">doubt<\/a> as Gas &amp; Oil Exploration Consultants Limited (GASOILEX) Sakson\u2019s former Kenyan agent fell out with the rig owner Sakson Drilling &amp; Oil Services over unpaid commissions with the agent promising to get an injunction against the Dubai based company this week.<\/p>\n<p>Already the wells have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ymggpF\">spud<\/a>\u00a0using a top-hole drilling rig from Kenyan drilling company Drilling Spares &amp; Services Limited (\u201cDSSL\u201d) and run 20-inch casing for both Pate-2 and Pate-3 wells to 300 meters in a bid to beat the earlier spud commitment date.<\/p>\n<p>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":"<p>Drilling of Pate 2 well in Lamu&#8217;s Block L4 could continue this late July or early August after the much awaited ship carrying the 2600hp Sakson SK604 rig arrived in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/pate-2-continued-drilling-set-continue-august-sakson-rig-arrives-mombasa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7092,"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":[3507,1376,4437,6936,6937,2765],"class_list":["post-7091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-block-l4","tag-lamu","tag-midway-resources","tag-pate-2-well","tag-sakson-sk604","tag-zarara-oil-and-gas","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SK-604.png?fit=294%2C401&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1Qn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7078,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/pate-2-3-wells-face-delays-sakson-kenyan-agent-head-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":7091,"position":0},"title":"Exclusive: Pate 2 &#038; 3 Wells Could Face Further Delays As Sakson &#038; Kenyan Agent Head to Court","author":"","date":"June 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"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\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\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180426-WA0030.jpg?fit=774%2C1032&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180426-WA0030.jpg?fit=774%2C1032&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180426-WA0030.jpg?fit=774%2C1032&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180426-WA0030.jpg?fit=774%2C1032&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6954,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/drilling-lamus-pate-island-commence-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":7091,"position":1},"title":"Drilling in Lamu\u2019s Pate Island to Commence This Week","author":"","date":"April 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Zarara Oil and Gas is set to spud the Pate 2 well in Lamu\u2019s Block 4 this weekend using a Drilling Services \u00a0top hole drilling rig of 750hp to a depth of 300 meters OilNews Kenya has learnt. The rig which set sail from the Mombasa port yesterday aboard a\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\/2018\/04\/zarara-sign-board.png?fit=516%2C346&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6792,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zarara-oil-gas-awarded-4-month-license-extension-kenyas-blocks-l4-l13\/","url_meta":{"origin":7091,"position":2},"title":"Zarara Oil and Gas Awarded 4 month License Extension in Kenya\u2019s Blocks L4 &#038; L13","author":"","date":"February 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Zarara Oil and Gas the operator of blocks L4 and L13 has received a second extension to the current extension by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining to enable them to drill a well in Pate Island earlier planned for drilling by 31st December 2017.The second extension means the contract\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\/2016\/10\/Pate-2-3.png?fit=528%2C477&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pate-2-3.png?fit=528%2C477&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pate-2-3.png?fit=528%2C477&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6979,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zarara-spuds-initial-well-blocks-l4-l13-kenya-pate-drilling-campaign\/","url_meta":{"origin":7091,"position":3},"title":"Zarara Spuds Initial Well in Blocks L4 &#038; L13 Kenya For Pate Drilling Campaign","author":"","date":"April 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Zarara Oil & Gas Limited (\u201cZarara\u201d), a wholly owned subsidiary of Midway Resources International, announces the spudding today of Pate-2 well, that commences its Pate Drilling Campaign on its production sharing contracts (\u201cPSCs\u201d) on blocks L4 andL13 in Kenya. 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