Tullow Strikes More Oil Deposits in Northern Kenya
From Business Daily
By Zeddy Sambu
UK petroleum company Tullow has discovered more oil deposits in northern Kenya, raising optimism on the wider Turkana Basin prospect.
The firm reported more than 30-metre deep deposits of the high-value light crude oil. This followed the initial discovery of oil at the Ngamia well.
This basin is similar in character to Uganda’s Lake Albert Rift Basin and is also a south-east extension of the geologically older Sudan Rift basins’ trend.
“The second discovery, immediately following the basin-opening Ngamia 1 well result earlier this year, reaffirms the considerable prospects of the Lokichar Basin,” said Keith Hill, president and CEO of Tullow partner Africa Oil.
The “tight fractured play”—which does not easily allow oil to seep through—on the second onshore well with 796 metres of carbon deposits has also been encountered for the first time in East Africa and Tullow officials said this required further evaluation to understand its extent and any productive potential.
Angus McCoss, Tullow Oil Plc exploration director, said further evaluation from a series of flow tests will last between four to eight weeks to understand the extent of the tight fractured rock and potential.
