The London-listed operator has hired Stellar Energy Advisors to run the farmout process and opened a data room to find joint venture partners for the Lamu basin licence.
The permit in water depths of up to 1400 metres lies in between BG Group’s Sunbird oil discovery at Block L10A and Apache’s Mbawa gas find at Block L08.
A spokesperson for Ophir Energy told Upstream that the company has received formal confirmation from the Kenyan authorities that it holds 100% of the equity in the block.
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