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\u2022Continue to add resources and de-risk South Lokichar Basin<\/p>\n

\u2013Drill out remaining prospect inventory<\/p>\n

\u2013Appraise existing and future discoveries with aid of new 3D seismic<\/p>\n

\u2013Update third party resource report in early 2nd quarter to include new discoveries at Agete, Ekales, Amosing and Ewoi \u2013include appraisal drilling and test results from 1st quarter<\/p>\n

\u2013Initiate Extended Well Test (EWT) at Twiga field to confirm reservoir properties<\/p>\n

\u2022Open up at least one new basin Open up at least one new basin<\/p>\n

\u2013Drilling to commence on three of the six new basin targets in the first half of 2014<\/p>\n

\u2013Seismic programs planned to be completed in at least four future target basins<\/p>\n

\u2022Move forward aggressively on development project<\/p>\n

\u2013Working closely with Kenyan government on infrastructure projects with focus on pipeline<\/p>\n

\u2013Joined consortium to develop plans for joint Kenya<\/p>\n

\u2013Uganda export pipeline project<\/p>\n

\u2013Initiated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) studies and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies on pipeline and facilities projects<\/p>\n

\u2013Goal is to have project sanction by end of 2015 \/ early 2016<\/p>\n

Download the entire corporate presentation here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022Continue to add resources and de-risk South Lokichar Basin \u2013Drill out remaining prospect inventory \u2013Appraise existing and future discoveries with aid of new 3D seismic \u2013Update third party resource report … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717,"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":[11],"tags":[65,70,89,138,717,828,1252,1444,2592],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-africa-corp","tag-africa-oil","tag-agete","tag-amosing","tag-ekales","tag-ewoi","tag-kenya","tag-lokichar","tag-twiga","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/africa-oil.jpg?fit=1041%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-by","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":365,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-strikes-more-oil-in-kenya\/","url_meta":{"origin":716,"position":0},"title":"Tullow strikes more oil at Amosing 1 and Ewoi-1 wells n Kenya’s Block 10BB","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"January 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tullow Oil plc \u00a0has today announces oil discoveries at the Amosing-1 and Ewoi-1 exploration wells in Block 10BB onshore northern Kenya. 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