Appraisal Drilling Commences at Amosing-6 well in Kenya’s Block 10BB

Block 10BB operator Tullow Oil has reported that appraisal drilling has commenced at the Amosing 6 well to appraise undrilled volumes located in the Amosing updip. The continued appraisal follows … Read More

Tullow Oil To Commence Transport Trials for the Early Oil Pilot Project in Kenya

Preparations for the early oil pilot project are set jump into a new phase in the coming days with the transportation of two trucks of crude oil that will allow … Read More

Tullow Oil Receives 3 Year License Extension in Kenya’s Blocks 10BB, 13T

Tullow has announced it has reached an agreement with the Government of Kenya to extend the exploration period for Blocks 10BB and 13T in South Lokichar to 18 September 2020 … Read More

Tullow Oil to Recommence Appraisal Drilling in Kenya’s South Lokichar Basin in Q4 2016

Tullow Oil has announced that it will be recommence drilling activities in the fourth quarter of 2016 with an initial programme of four wells in the South Lokichar basin and … Read More

Breakdown of 2C Oil Resources Increase in South Lokichar Basin

Africa Oil has announced that an independent assessment of the Company’s Contingent Resources in the South Lokichar Basin located in Blocks 10BB and 13T in Kenya has been completed by … Read More

Kenya’s Annual Receipts Could Reach $3 Billion Annually Once Oil Price Rebounds

A discussion paper dubbed “Potential Government Revenues from Turkana Oil” released in April 2016 estimate that annual receipts to the Government of Kenya could range from $800 million to as … Read More

How my discovery of crude oil in Turkana County was stolen

Source: standardmedia.co.ke At the tail end of a rather colourless state function, Kenya’s third president announced that the country had struck gold – a rich vein of black gold that would … Read More

Cheptuket-1 Well in Kenya’s Block 12A on course to complete in February

Block 12A basin opener Cheptuket well is still on its drilling schedule and is set to complete in February according to block operator Tullow Oil in its last update. The … Read More

Africa Oil Receives Kenyan Government Approval of Maersk Oil Farm In

Africa Oil Corp. has reported that the previously announced farm-out with Maersk Oli and Gas has received approval from the Government of Kenya. This gives a green light for completion of the … Read More