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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…

China’s Greatwall Bags Lamu’s Pate 2 Well Drilling Contract

Greatwall Drilling Company Ltd has been contracted to drill Pate 2 well in Zarara Oil and Gas operated Block L4 scheduled later to spud later in the year according to sources.

The Chinese driller beat a team of other companies including Dubai based Sakson Drilling & Oil Services earlier involved in drilling at the Amosing and Twiga appraisal wells operated by Tullow Oil. The company has since…

Zarara’s Pate 2 well on schedule to spud in April 2017

Plans to drill the Pate 2 in Kenya’s Lamu basin’s block L4 are on course with well designing by Norwell Engineering currently ongoing according to Zarara Oil and Gas country manager Peter Nduru.

Plans to acquire a rig are also progressing as scheduled with the company yet to award the contract as scrutiny of tenders submitted underway.

The well that is expected to open the way to gas powered…

Kenya’s Onshore Upstream Sector Set to Pick Up in 2017

Upstream activity in Kenya is expected to re-surge after hitting a low in 2016 in the backdrop of low oil prices that shut down offshore activity and left the onshore well drilling to the lowest since 2012.

According to analysis carried out by OilNews Kenya activity is expected to pick up in Blocks in the tertiary rift namely 10BB, 13T, 11A, 12B, 12A and 14T Block 2A in the Mandera basin as well…

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…