Somalia/Somaliland: Genel Energy takes more acreage


Issue 243 - 15 Nov 2012 | 1 minute read

Former BP boss Tony Hayward’s Genel Energy has agreed to farm into Jacka Resources’ Odewayne Block in the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, taking a 50% stake. Genel said it would become operator of the block and will carry Jacka and its partner Petrosoma through 1,500km of 2D seismic and the drilling of an exploration well, at a cost of around $50m.

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