Africa Oil & Gas: Tullow Hits Oil in Kenya

Tullow Oil plc announced Wednesday that the Emekuya-1 well in Block 13T, Northern Kenya, has hit oil. The well encountered around 245 feet of net oil pay in two zones, according to a company statement quoted by Rigzone.

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Africa Oil & Gas: DeepOcean completes ground breaking 3D laser survey for Tullow offshore Ghana

DeepOcean has announced the completion of a ground breaking 3D laser survey offshore Ghana. The recent climate in the oil & gas industry has sharpened the need for cost effective and innovative approaches to many operations offshore, and this has included many ‘routine’ survey and inspection related tasks.

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Africa Oil & Gas: Tullow Oil announces Jubilee field production update offshore Ghana

Tullow Oil has announced that gas export from the Jubilee field to the Ghana Gas plant at Atuabo has been suspended since 3 July 2015 due to technical issues with gas compression systems on the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah and is expected to resume by mid-August. Oil production is currently constrained to approx. 65,000 bopd and is under constant review but there is no effect on the field’s reservoir or resources. Tullow has mobilised a team…

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Africa Oil & Gas: East Africa Neighbors Close To Picking Consultant For Oil Export Pipeline

Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda are in the final stages of deciding on a consultant to oversee building a pipeline to pump the region’s new oil bonanza to the coast for export, a senior Kenyan energy ministry officials said on Thursday. In June, the three countries invited bids for a consultant to oversee a feasibility study and initial design for the construction of a 1,300-km (808-mile) oil pipeline to transport crude to the Kenyan coast.

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