Anadarko Petroleum, independent U.S.-based oil firm will drill its first of planned two offshore wells in Kenya this December, Reuters reports, citing Patrick Nyoike, Kenya’s permanent secretary of energy. The company has been successful in oil and gas exploration offshore East Africa so far. Anadarko in July announced it had discovered more than 300 net [...]
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL (“Pancontinental”) provides an update of the exploration activities in offshore Kenya licence areas L10A & L10B (Pancontinental 15%). New 3D Seismic Survey – November 2012 Following the 2D and 3D seismic surveys completed in early 2012, the L1 OA and L1 OB joint venture plans to carry out a new [...]
Apache-operated Mbawa-1 exploration well in the L8 licence area, offshore Kenya, has now been deepened and reached a total depth of 3151 metres. As previously announced, the Mbawa-1 exploration well encountered approximately 52 metres of net gas pay in the primary target. However, the deeper, secondary target did not contain hydrocarbons. The operator is currently [...]
Mbawa-1 exploration well in the Apache operated L8 licence area, offshore Kenya, has encountered gas in the shallowest objective. The Mbawa-1 exploration well has been drilled to a depth of 2,553 metres and has encountered approximately 52 metres of net gas pay in porous Cretaceous sandstones. The well will now be drilled to a total [...]
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL has announced the Mbawa well, located in Block L8 offshore Kenya, has reached a depth of 2,553m RT (below the drill floor). The Mbawa well operator, Apache Corporation, has advised Pancontinental that between the last casing set at 1997.53m RT and the current depth of 2553m RT elevated mud gas readings [...]
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Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL has announced the Mbawa well, located in Block L8 offshore Kenya, has reached a depth of 2,006m RT (below the drill floor), where a second casing string is being set. Operations are continuing according to the drilling plan. Both the primary and main secondary exploration targets are deeper than the [...]
Apache, the operator of L8 consortium, is gearing up for drilling an offshore well located in Block L8 in Kenya. As prevously reported, the drilling operation is expected to start this month. The Mbawa prospect will be drilled with the modern deepwater drillship Deepsea Metro 1. The well is expected to take some 45 to [...]
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL (“Pancontinental”) announces the completion of the Kifaru 3D seismic survey data acquisition in its L6 exploration licence area offshore Kenya. The final data acquisition covered 778 sq km over several prospects, including the primary Kifaru Prospect, in the southern portion of the L6 licence area. Pancontinental has a 40% interest [...]
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Australian listed petroleum exploration company, FAR Ltd has completed the data acquisition of their anticipated 3D seismic survey over some of the world’s most keenly sought petroleum exploration acreage off the coast of Kenya. FAR’s L6 permit off the Kenya coast lies in the Lamu Basin, north of recent, world scale, natural gas discoveries totaling [...]
Eni announces the signing of three product sharing contracts, awarded by the government of Kenya, for the acquisition of exploration blocks: L-21, L-23 and L-24, thus marking the entry of Eni in the country. The blocks are located in the deep and ultra-deep waters of the Lamu Basin, off the coast of Kenya. The initial [...]
