Africa Oil has announced that Tullow Oil, operator of Block 10BB in Kenya, has commenced drilling at the Etuko prospect, which reportedly contains gross estimates of 231mn barrels of oil
Exploration
ERHC signs LOI to farm out Kenyan oil block
Oil and gas company ERHC has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to farm out part of Block 11a in Kenya to an undisclosed multinational company
PA Resources announces Carla South discovery offshore Equatorial Guinea
The Carla South (I-7) exploration well in Block I offshore Equatorial Guinea has struck oil at a total measured depth of 3,660m, according to PA Resources
BG Group completes successful well test offshore Tanzania
BG Group has announced the completion of another successful drill stem test in Block 1 offshore Tanzania, with initial results from the Mzia-2 well showing better than expected properties in the deeper Cretaceous reservoir
WesternGeco begins seismic survey offshore Mozambique
WesternGeco has begun the acquisition of a major multi-client seismic survey offshore Mozambique using its ObliQ sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique