US oil firm completes seismic acquisitions in Kenya

The United States-based oil and gas exploration firm Camac Energy's Kenyan subsidiary announced Tuesday the successful completion of its onshore 2D seismic acquisitions on blocks L-1B and L-16 in Kenya.

Camac said in a statement that the 2D seismic program was conducted by its subsidiary, BGP Kenya Limited, and covers about 700 line kilometers on L-1B and 325 line kilometers on L-16.

"The objective of the acquisition is to identify potential exploration targets in the Paleozoic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Middle to Lower Tertiary sections, which are known to be oil- bearing in the East Africa region," the statement said.

The seismic survey, paired with the previously completed airborne gravity and magnetic surveys, will be used to help identify potential drilling targets on the blocks, it added.

Segun Omidele, the firm's senior vice president of exploration and production said these seismic surveys are fundamental to advancing onshore work program.

"Our understanding of the resource potential on these blocks will help us determine potential locations to begin our exploration drilling. The preliminary results from data processing in the field are encouraging," Omidele said.

Kenya has a huge mineral potential but its exploration efforts have only picked in the last few years with the awarding of commercial licences in prospecting for oil, gold, coal, geothermal and rare earths. Endi