History Of Oil Exploration In Kenya (1950 To 2010)

1950’S – Oil exploration commenced 1960 to 1984 – 16 wells drilled mainly in the Lamu and Anza basins 1981- National Oil was incorporated in 1981 1984 GOK enacted new … Read More

Lamu Oil and Gas to acquire infill 2D seismic in Kenya’s Block L14 in Q3 2016

Lamu Oil and Gas a joint venture by Edgo Energy and QFB has agreed a 2D seismic program with Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in in the Lamu basin … Read More

National Oil Corporation Calls For Tenders For 3D seismic Offshore Kenya

The National Oil Corporation of Kenya has invited for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from eligible companies to acquire a multi-client 3D broadband seismic survey including processing over the shallow waters … Read More

Rift Energy Hopeful of either Oil or Gas find in Kenya’s Block L19

Houston based Rift Energy says its preliminary resource reserve estimates for the top ten leads (including the four drill-ready prospects) says it is hopeful of  encountering oil or gas when … Read More

Erin Energy Seeks First Exploration Extension Period on Kenya’s Block L1B and L16

Erin Energy formerly CAMAC Energy has said met with the government of Kenya and has requested approval to move into the first exploration extension period on blocks L1b and L16 having completed … Read More

Pancontinental Oil & Gas, PTTEP Withdraw from Kenya’s Block L10A

Pancontinental Oil & Gas and its L10A joint venture partner PTTEP of Thailand have issued Operator BG Kenya L10A Limited notices of withdrawal from Block L10A in the Lamu Basin … Read More

Kenya Oil and Gas (upstream) sector fact file – shortened

Source: Ministry of Energy and Petroleum 1950-1992:  30 wells drilled by international oil companies in Kenya’s sedimentary basins. Two more wells drilled in the period stretching to 2010. None of … Read More