1.2 Billion barrel in South Lokichar!! Definitely of interest to SWE. Tertiary rift trend...SHOULD READ ...."TERTIARY RIFT FRIEND" :) They've only got a few drills drilled....Potential is mind-blowing for the entire region.
Exert:
Keith Hill, Africa Oil's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Gaffney Cline's independent assessment confirms a significant increase to contingent and risked prospective resources in the Tertiary rift basins in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Based on the drilling and testing program over the past year we have confirmed the South Lokichar Basin contains gross contingent resources of 368 million barrels of oil, an increase of 557%.
In addition gross risked prospective resources of 1,213 million barrels of oil are estimated for the South Lokichar Basin.
This level of resource exceeds the threshold for development and development studies have commenced. We continue to aggressively explore with three seismic crews active and are ramping up drilling activity with plans to have a total of six rigs (four operated by Tullow Oil) operating in the fourth quarter of 2013. We expect the next 18 months to be transformational as we drill-out the prolific South Lokichar Basin and open up a number of highly prospective basins on the Tertiary rift trend."
These Blocks contain relatively under explored plays in basins that have proven and productive analogs. Since the effective date (June 30, 2012) of Gaffney Cline's previous evaluation of prospective resources, highlights of the Company's exploration activities in Kenya and Ethiopia include:
•Drilling and testing the Twiga South-1 well in Block 13T (Kenya) resulting in an additional oil discovery and demonstrating high quality Auwerwer sands containing light waxy sweet oil.
•Production testing the Ngamia-1A discovery in Block 10BB (Kenya) which significantly increased the assessment of net oil pay encountered by the well;
•Drilling the Etuko-1 well in Block 10BB (Kenya) resulting in an additional oil discovery.
•As a result of these additional South Lokichar Basin discoveries, several prospects and leads in the Tertiary rift have been de-risked and the volume of contingent oil resources has increased;
•Drilling the Paipai-1 well in Block 10A (Kenya) demonstrating a working petroleum system in the Anza Basin;
•Drilling the Sabisa-1 well in the South Omo Block (Ethiopia) demonstrating a working petroleum system in the South Omo Basin;
•The acquisition of approximately 5,000 km of 2D seismic, increasing the number of mapped prospects and leads;
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SWE Price at posting:
24.0¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held
