This archive report was first published on 6 August 2019.
On August 6, 2019, Zarara Oil and Gas Limited announced plans to start a new gas exploration exercise at a site on Pate Island in Lamu County.
The move comes after the firm failed to discover commercial quality gas at the Pate-2 Well, which was drilled to a depth of 4,307 meters in March 2019.
According to Zarara Manager Peter Nduru, the firm has begun assembling drilling equipment at a new site in Kipini, within Blocks L4 and L13.
‘We concluded the gas drilling activities at Pate-2 well in March this year after finding out that the gas wasn’t of commercial quality,’ Mr. Nduru said.
‘That doesn’t mean that we despaired in our efforts to find quality gas in Lamu. As we speak, ferrying of drilling equipment and assembling them at a new site, towards north of the Pate Basin at Kipini is already underway,’ he added.
