Tullow Oil, Africa Oil to Commence Drilling Block 12A Basin Opener in October

Block 12A joint venture partners Tullow Oil and Africa Oil have announced they will spud the Cheptuket exploration well in October to test a basin bounding structural closure in the Kerio Valley Basin in a similar structural setting to the successful Ngamia and Amosing discoveries.

The Cheptuket well formerly refered to as Lekep-Ais located in Elgeyo Marakwet county in Kenya’s Rift Valley where…

Tullow Oil, Africa Oil report positive results from Kenya’s appraisal drilling, Well testing

In the latest update by Block 10BB and 13T joint venture partners Tullow Oil and Africa Oil appraisal drilling and Extended Well Tests (EWT) continue to produce positive results.

The Amosing EWT which commenced in May testing five reservoir zones in the field across two wells, in one well the production was tested while pressure responses were measured in the other well.

Production from all five…