Zarara Spuds Initial Well in Blocks L4 & L13 Kenya For Pate Drilling Campaign

Zarara Oil & Gas Limited (“Zarara”), 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 … Read More

Zarara Oil and Gas Gets 18 month License extension in Kenya’s block L4 and L13

Zarara Oil and Gas the operator in block L4 and L13 located in Lamu County has received an eighteen month license extension to January 2019 after the lapse of an … Read More

Zarara’s Pate 2 well on schedule to spud in April 2017

Plans to drill the Pate 2 well in Kenya’s Lamu basin’s block L4 are on course with well designing by Norwell Engineering currently ongoing according to Zarara Oil and Gas … Read More

Kenya’s Onshore Upstream Sector Set to Pick Up in 2017

Upstream activity in Kenya is expected to re-surge after hitting a low in 2016 in the backdrop of low oil prices that shut down offshore activity and left the onshore … Read More

Why Zarara’s Pate-2 result could Overshadow Tullow’s Early Oil Pilot Scheme

The drilling of Pate-2 well in Lamu County’s Pate Island is set to commence in Q1 2017 same time as the eagerly awaited early oil pilot scheme is set to … Read More

Zarara Oil & Gas in CSR Drive in Lamu County Ahead of Pate-2 Drilling

Zarara Oil and Gas a subsidiary of Midway Resources (MRI) the operator in Lamu basins block L4 and L13 has donated books worth Kshs. 2.5 million (approx. $25,000) to all … Read More

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

Zarara Oil and Gas Receives 18 month Extension in Kenya’s Blocks L4 & L13

Kenya’s Block L4 & L13 operator Zarara Oil and Gas has said it has been granted an 18 month licence extension through to June 2017, to the First Additional Exploration Period on both … Read More

Zarara Oil and Gas to drill well in Kenya’s Block L4 in Q2 2016

Zarara Oil and Gas plans to drill a well in Block L4 in 2016 after postponing its earlier planned date in 2015 according to a company representative who spoke to … Read More