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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Swala Energy, who is partnered on the Tullow-operated Block 12B in Kenya, reported that the 2D seismic acquisition program on the block has begun. The work is being carried out by BGP International. BGP will acquire approximately 350 km and the data will be processed as the survey progresses.
The program is designed to identify the main structural lineation in the basins and has the potential to identify structural leads for follow-up infill seismic and/or possible drilling. It will also be instrumental in determining the forward exploration program on the block. Although the basin has been under explored to date, with only 50 km of low quality seismic data recorded in 1989, reprocessing of this data by Swala has revealed a possible Tertiary basin fill of over 3,000 meters, supported by passive seismic work carried out by the JV in 2013.
Dr. David Mestres Ridge, Swala’s CEO said: “The start of the 12B seismic program underlines the Joint Venture’s commitment to explore this frontier basin – an offshoot of the highly prospective East African Rift System. Our technical re-evaluation of the legacy seismic data is encouraging and we look forward to seeing the results of the seismic survey that has now commenced.”
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