Tullow Oil Sees Success at Etom-2 Appraisal Well in Kenya’s Block 13T
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 December 2015 11:13
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Tullow Oil has announced that the Etom-2 well in Block 13T, Northern Kenya, has encountered 102 metres of net oil pay in two columns.
The objective of the well was to explore the north flank of the Etom structure in an untested fault block identified by recent 3D seismic. Oil samples, sidewall cores and wire line logging all indicate the presence of high API oil in the best quality reservoir encountered in the South Lokichar Basin to date.
Tullow says additional prospectivity identified on the 3D seismic in the Etom Field area and in the northern portion of the basin, including the Erut and Elim prospects, will now be considered as part of the future exploration drilling program.
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Kenya Ports Authority to construct new oil terminal
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- Published on Friday, 04 December 2015 09:21
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The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) says the construction of a new oil terminal in Mombasa will start 2016 in a bid to give way for the relocation of the old Kipevu terminal and help in the expansion of the country’s petroleum handling and storage capacity by about 400% including loading facilities.
The relocation of the oil terminal will be overseen by a Danish consultancy firm, NIRAS.
Kenya Ports Authority Managing Director Gichiri Ndua said that planned relocation had been finalized on and that the tendering process is projected to commence early next year.
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Indian firm targets Lake Victoria oil transport deal
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2015 12:12
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An Indian investor plans to transport oil products between Kisumu and Port Bell in Uganda via Lake Victoria in a bid to cut high costs incurred moving the commodity by road.
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) acting managing director Flora Okoth says discussions have been going on with the Indian firm Mahati, which has won an 18-month contract with the government of Uganda for the supply of oil.
Ms Okoth says the move, if successfully executed, will cut the number of trucks on the road coming from Uganda to collect fuel in Kenya.
“We have been in discussion with an Indian investor so that he can start evacuating oil from our depot in Kisumu to Uganda via Port Bell,” said Ms Okoth in an interview with Shipping& Logistics.
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Kenya and Uganda to establish company to manage crude oil pipeline
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- Published on Tuesday, 29 September 2015 04:39
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Kenya and Uganda are making plans to set up an oil company to be owned by all the stakeholders in the $4 billion crude oil pipeline deal.
Daniel Kiptoo, Petroleum Legal Advisor to the Cabinet Secretary Davies Chirchir told the Nation that the planned company will help address conditions set by Uganda on the pipeline.
It will help the two countries move fast in decision making as well as agree on tariffs set for transporting oil per barrel.
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