KENYA: Eni Spuds the Mlima-1 Offshore Well
Eni has spud the Mlima-1 offshore well in Block L11A off Kenya’s south coast county of Kwale using the Saipem 12,000 drillship, OilNews Africa can confirm. The Eni led joint … Read More
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Shell To Commence Frontier Seeps Survey in Blocks L10A, L10B Offshore Kenya
Shell/BG Kenya have awarded Fugro a contract for the execution of a seabed survey to detect natural leakages of hydrocarbons in their operated blocks in Kenya namely block L10A and L10B. The … Read More
Pancontinental Oil and Gas seeks farminee in Kenyan blocks
Australian explorer Pancontinental Oil and Gas has said it is seeking farminee for additional drilling post-Sunbird discovery in blocks L10A & L010B. The company that owns 18.75 percent interest in … Read More
FAR farmout deal in Kenya’s Block L6 unlikely in 2014
Australian explorer FAR Ltd has said that its expected farmout in Block L6 where the company has a 60% interest is unlikely to happen in 2014. In the latest report … Read More
Kenya’s sunbird-1 offshore well discovery misses commercial threshold
The sunbird-1 well in Kenya’s offshore block L10A that which showed oil and gas samples did not register enough reserves to constitute a commercial discovery according to PTTEP one of … Read More
FAR Ltd delays 2D seismic acquisition in Kenya’s Block L6 over security concerns
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] FAR has said it has delayed a planned onshore well and an onshore 2D seismic survey and associated processing and interpretation in Northern part of coast Kenya due … Read More
Kenya’s Block 9 gas discovery over 1Tcf
The recent gas discoveries in the sala prospect were over 1Tcf according to the cabinet secretary for energy Davis chirchir. “This is a very significant discovery being the first offshore … Read More
Kenya confirms first oil deposits offshore
Pancontinental Oil and Gas has announced that after lengthy analysis, it has been verified that the recently completed Sunbird-1 well off the southern Kenyan coast has intersected an oil column … Read More
Pancontinental receives 12 months license extension in Block L10B
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Pancontinental Oil & Gas has announced that the Kenyan government has granted it a 12-month extension to the current Initial Exploration Period of the L10B offshore license. Pancontinental … Read More
Exploration in Kenya’s Block L10A to continue as Sunbird-1 analysis continue
JV partner Pancontinental Oil and Gas has advised that the BG Group-operated Sunbird-1 well off the southern Kenyan coast has been completed and the well has intersected a hydrocarbon-bearing zone in the top of the … Read More