Offshore Kenya Discovery Hits 14-m Gross Oil Column

Drilling Activity Details

Locations

Kenya

Operators
Post Date
Well Name
#1-Sunbird
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Drilling Activity Summary

Description

BG Group Plc has an offshore oil discovery at exploration well #1-Sunbird in offshore Kenya's Block L10A. The well hit a gross oil column assessed to be 14 m thick beneath a gross gas column of 29.6 m in a limestone reservoir in the Sunbird Miocene Pinnacle Reef. According to the company, the net oil zone is 9.2 m and net gas zone is 28.3 m, with 10% porosity and 50% shale volume and that the discovery is proof of the presence a prospective oil system in the Lamu Basin. Additional exploration is planned. London-based BG Group is the operator of Block L10A and the discovery with 50% interest in partnership with PTTEP, holding 31.25%, and Pancontinental with the remaining 18.75%.