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Zarara Oil and Gas Gets 18 month License extension in Kenya’s block L4 and L13

Zarara Oil and Gas the operator in block L4 and L13 located in Lamu County has received an eighteen month license extension to Jnauary 2018 after the lapse of an earlier 18 month licence extension through to June 2017 to the First Additional Exploration Period on both of the production sharing contracts expired on June 3rd 2017.

The company that is preparing to drill the Pate 2 wellin Block L4…

Lobby Group Raises Alarm Over Pate 2 well Drilling in Lamu

The Kenya Oil and Gas working group (KOGWG) has written to the national environmental management agency (NEMA) asking for more caution as Zarara Oil and Gas prepares to drill the Pate 2 well in Block L4 terming the area as both environmentally and socially sensitive according to the report  acquired by OilNews Kenya.

According to a report compiled by the Kenya Oil and Gas working group proposed…

Why Zarara’s Pate-2 result could Overshadow Tullow’s Early Oil Pilot Scheme

The drilling of Pate-2 well in Lamu County’s Pate Island is set to commence in Q1 2017 same time as the eagerly awaited early oil pilot scheme is set to commence with just over a dozen trucks ferrying crude oil via road from the lokichar oil fields to the Kenya refinery plant in Mombasa.

Unknown to  many drilling in Pate island has seen success in the past with a gas discovery in 1971 by Shell…

Zarara Oil & Gas in CSR Drive in Lamu County Ahead of Pate-2 Drilling

Zarara Oil and Gas a subsidiary of Midway Resources (MRI) the operator in Lamu basins block L4 and L13 has donated books worth Kshs. 2.5 million (approx. $25,000) to all primary and secondary schools located towards the east of the county.

According to Zarara country representative Peter Nduru the education needs were identified following an Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)…

Zarara Oil and Gas to spud in Block L4 by June 2017

Zarara Oil and Gas which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Midway Resources International (MRI) will be spudding in Block L4 by end of the first half n 2017 having postponed their earlier schedule of Q2 2016 OilNews Kenya has learnt.

According to our source the company which also doubles as the operator has already completed the Environmental Social Impact Assessment field work in both blocks L4…

Why all eyes are on CEPSA’s Tarach-1 well in Kenya

2016 has been a rather hard year for the upstream sector globally which has led to job cuts, trimming of operations, lack of ready finance as investors seek faster returns among other unfavorable outcomes.In Kenya particularly the rig count is down to just one at any one time with the current SMP-1 rig drilling the wildcat Tarach-1 wellin Block 11A and which is expected to take 60 days to…

Zarara Oil and Gas Reccieves 18 month Extension in Kenya’s Block L4 & L13

Kenya’s Block L4 & L13 operator Zarara Oil and Gas has said it has been granted an 18 month licence extension through to June 2017, to the First Additional Exploration Period on both of the production sharing contracts.

Zarara Oil and Gas which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Midway Resources International (MRI) says The extensions will enable  it complete its preparation and drilling of Pate-2…

Zarara Oil and Gas to drill well in Block L4 in Q2 2016

Zarara Oil and Gas plans to drill a well in Block L4 in 2016 after postponing its earlier planned date in 2015 according to a company representative who spoke to OilNews Kenya.

With the postponement the company will be banking on the hope that the Ministry of Energy will be extending their license that expires this year.

The delay could have arisen from the difficulty in raising money in the wake…