Country Report
Kenya upstream summary
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Report summary
Kenya is a frontier oil and gas country with no current production. Tullow Oil opened up the country's onshore plays by making the first oil discovery in the onshore North-Central Gregory Rift basin in 2012. Since then, Tullow and partners Africa Oil Corp. and TotalEnergies confirmed over 550 million barrels of oil across the South Lokichar Field. In 2023, Africa Oil Corp. and TotalEnergies exited the South Lokichar development.
Table of contents
- Introduction to Kenya basins
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Lamu Embayment basin
- Reservoirs
- Seals
- Source rocks
- Mogadishu - Somali Coastal basin
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North Central Gregory Rift and Eyasi - Wembere - South Gregory Rift basins
- Reservoirs
- Seals
- Source rocks
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Somali - Ogaden - Mandera Lugh basin
- Reservoirs
- Seals
- Source rocks
- Tanzanian Coastal basin
- Licensing
- Recent licensing
- Historic licensing activity
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Recent drilling
- Historical drilling activity
- Oil / liquids
- Gas
- 11 more item(s)...
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Basin map of KenyaTotal Production by Key FieldsDrilling activity
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Resources by Sector at 2026
What's included
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