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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Tullow Oil and Africa Oil Corp.’s Cheptuket-1 well on Kenya’s Block 12A encountered good oil shows according to releases from both companies. The oil shows were seen in cuttings and rotary sidewall cores, across a large interval of over 700 meters.
The Cheptuket-1 is the first well to test the Kerio Valley Basin and was drilled by the PR Marriott Rig-46 to a final depth of 3,083 meters. The objective of the well was to establish a working petroleum system and test a structural closure in the southwestern part of the basin.
The strong oil shows encountered in Cheptuket-1 indicates the presence of an active petroleum system with significant oil generation and represents the most significant well result to date in Kenya outside the South Lokichar Basin. Post-well analysis is in progress ahead of defining the future exploration program.
The PR Marriott Rig-46 will now be demobilized. On the back of the encouraging Cheptuket
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