New Kenya blocks 'mapped out'

Slow progress: on Kenya licensing round

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 19 March 2013 15:20 GMT

Kenya has mapped out eight new blocks for onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration but the launch of a licensing round is being stalled by the country’s recent disputed presidential election, according to a report.

The East African country has been re-demarcating blocks earlier surrendered by Tullow Oil and Anadarko Petroleum as it looks to attract investors to the emerging play after a rush of discoveries in the region.

"We have mapped eight blocks and forwarded them to be included in the official Kenya gazette," Permanent Secretary for Energy Patrick Nyoike told Reuters, without giving further details on the location of the blocks.

The Energy Ministry said last month it wanted to demarcate some new blocks around the Lokichar basin, where Tullow has made the Ngamia and Twiga…

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