Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Kenya’s border with South Sudan to the north, Block 11B and Lake Turkana to the east and near Kenya’s border with Uganda to the west
Reserves: 662 million barrels
Water Depth: 5,000 metres
Start-up Year: -
ERHC Energy signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with the Government of the Republic of Kenya on Block 11A in northwestern Kenya in 2012. The Block is in the vicinity of Block 10BB. Block 11A encompasses 11,950.06 sq kilometres or 2.95 million acres. The Block is situated on Kenya’s border with South Sudan to the north, Block 11B and Lake Turkana to the east and near Kenya’s border with Uganda to the west. The Block was ERHC’s first exploration acreage in East Africa and further diversifies the Company’s portfolio of oil and gas assets, which also includes deepwater interests in the Gulf of Guinea and onshore Blocks in Chad The regional geology and structural evolution of Block 11A is dominated by the Cretaceous Central Africa Rift System (CARS) and the Tertiary East Africa Rift System (EARS) with the associated basin depositional trends. The main surface feature of Block 11A is the Lotikipi plain. This broad depression measures approximately 110 kilometres from east to west. Gravity data, acquired earlier in the area, enabled the delineation of a sedimentary basin within the Block 11A area below the Lotikipi plain. The basin-fill is believed to be in excess of 5,000 metres, well above the threshold for sufficiently buried and mature organic matter for oil generation. Drilling activity in the area has made international headlines recently.
In 2014 CEPSA acquired a 55% share in the onshore exploratory block in the Turkana region of north-western Kenya. CEPSA will now operate Block 11A. The US based-corporation ERHC, and the State-run National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) will the company\'s partners, with 35% and 10% respectively.
Operators:
CEPSA: Operator with 55%
ERHC Energy: 35% interest
National Oil Corporation of Kenya: 10% interest
Contractor:
BGP Kenya Limited: Conducting a 2D seismic survey