{"id":7585,"date":"2019-02-19T13:24:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T13:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=7585"},"modified":"2019-02-19T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T13:25:38","slug":"kenya-government-gazettes-land-for-south-lokichar-basin-oil-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/kenya-government-gazettes-land-for-south-lokichar-basin-oil-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Government Gazettes Land for South Lokichar Basin Oil Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Land Commission (NLC) on behalf of the Ministry\nof Petroleum &amp; Mining, State Department of Petroleum has gazetted 6348Ha of\nland to be used in the South Lokichar basin oil project in Turkana county. The\nland which touches on three crucial fields namely the: Ngamia, Amosing and\nTwiga that will see the construction of 65 well pads taking an area 435Ha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gazette notice no.1157 on the intention to acquire land in\na breakdown cites that the Ngamia field needs 4050Ha, Amosing field 1841Ha and\nTwiga field 547Ha as part of the South Lokichar phase 1 development which\nenvisages production from the Ngamia and Amosing fields to tap 240mmbbl at a\nrate of 60,000 to 80,000 bopd with first oil expected 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/South-Lokichar-Phase-1-project.png?resize=406%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/South-Lokichar-Phase-1-project.png?w=406&amp;ssl=1 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/South-Lokichar-Phase-1-project.png?resize=100%2C72&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/South-Lokichar-Phase-1-project.png?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><figcaption> <br>South Lokichar phase 1 development illustration<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Front Engineering End Design (FEED) studies is currently ongoing\nwith an expected completion date of Q1 2019 while the KJV continues to target Final\nInvestment Decision (FID) in late 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week Tullow Oil <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ScnQaP\">listed<\/a>\nconcluding agreements over land title\namong requirements needed in order to reach a Final Investment Decision by year\nend in Blocks 10BB and 13T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Land Commission (NLC) on behalf of the Ministry of Petroleum &#038; Mining, State Department of Petroleum has gazetted 6348Ha of land to be used in the South Lokichar basin oil project in Turkana county<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7587,"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":[6792,2571],"class_list":["post-7585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-kjv","tag-tullow-oil","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/South-Lokichar-Phase-1.png?fit=414%2C512&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1Yl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1681,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-africa-oil-discover-more-oil-in-north-western-kenya\/","url_meta":{"origin":7585,"position":0},"title":"Tullow Oil, Africa Oil appraisal activities in North Western Kenya successful","author":"Samuel Kamau Mbote","date":"August 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[twitter-follow screen_name='oilnewskenya'] Tullow Oil plc and its partner Africa Oil have announced a new round of successful results from a series of exploration, appraisal and testing activities conducted in Blocks 10BB and 13T onshore Kenya. 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