Simba Energy to acquire 2D seismic in Kenya’s Block 2A in H1 2015
Simba Energy expects to acquire 300 to 400 kilometers of 2D seismic in the Mandera and Anza basin in the next six months targeting two of the five prospects identified … Read More
Tag: Lokichar Basin
Drilling in Kenya’s Block 11A to begin within 12-16 months
Block 11A partner Houston based ERHC has announced that together with the block operator CEPSA Kenya Limited (a wholly owned affiliate of Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U. (CEPSA) it plans … Read More
Bowleven awarded one year license extension Kenya block 11B
Bowleven has announced that it has received a license extension to enable evaluation ahead of second phase decision. Following the license extension to May 2015 Bowleven says that the completion … Read More
ERHC Energy Confirms Leads in Kenya Block 11A
ERHC has announced that ongoing interpretation of 2D seismic data on Kenya Block 11A reveals the presence of several viable leads, some with closures of up to 20 square kilometers. … Read More
ONGC Videsh ready to buy Tullow Oil African Assets in Kenya or Ghana
India’s overseas investment arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp ONGC Videsh might be looking into farming into Tullow Oil assets in Ghana and Kenya according to news reports by … Read More
Tanzania’s Kilombero basin Seismic Shows Multiple Structures similar to the Lokichar basin
Swala Energy Limited has announce that the seismic survey being carried out in the Kilombero Basin by Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) Plc has provided the first evidence of multiple … Read More
Tower Resources more hopeful of oil find rather than gas in Kenya’s Block 2B
Tower Resources is more hopeful of an oil find unlike a gas find in Kenya;s block 2B Badada-1 well exploration well according to a recent report by the company. In … Read More
Kenya’s oil and gas regulator to fly out trainees under its upstream training programme
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] National Oil has unveiled a human resource capacity development programme for the emerging upstream oil and gas sector. The first group of 34 management trainees has already been … Read More
Kenya’s Block 10BB, 13T 3D seismic on course to be complete in Q4
The acquisition of a 550 square kilometer 3D seismic program in blocks 10BB and 13T is on course as scheduled to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2014 according … Read More
Tullow Oil unsuccessful in Kenya’s Agete 2 well in Block 13T
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Tullow Oil has announced that the Agete 2 down dip appraisal well in block 13T that was being drilled by Weatherford 804 has encountered only water bearing reservoirs. … Read More