Kenya: gas hopes

Africa Oil Corporation (AOC) is optimistic about prospects for gas from Kenya’s Anza Basin following the Sala-1 gas discovery. AOC plans appraisal drilling at Sala and the Bogal structure, where former operator CNOOC drilled a well in 2010, and is talking of potential reserves of 1-3tcf, with significant potential for the domestic power market. The Bogal-1 well found non-commercial gas at 5,085 metres in the Lower Cretaceous and CNOOC pulled out of the block in 2011. AOC now puts Bogal’s prospective reserves at 1.8tcf.