Kenya: New blocks created from relinquished acreage

The official Kenya Gazette on 13 May published coordinates for revised exploration blocks, creating new blocks from relinquished areas. Kenya now has 63 blocks in total, of which 37 are located in the Lamu Basin, seven in the Anza Basin, five in the Mandera Basin and 14 in the Tertiary Rift. Senior principal geologist Hudson Andambi told African Energy that Kenya would continue to offer blocks by direct negotiation rather than organising a licensing round because the country was still at the early stages of exploration and had insufficient geological data to support a full bidding round.