Lokichar Basin (Lake Turkana area)

Humble Geochemical Services has 2 studies available for purchase in Kenya. These studies include the Lamu Basin and the Lokichar (Lotikipi) Basin in the Lake Turkana area of Kenya. Work is currently underway for a new study in the Anza Basin.

Recent work on the Shell Loperot #1 well demonstrates the presence of a 300 m. thick lacustrine source rock in the Lokichar Basin. The Loperot #1 well was drilled as a stratigraphic test and, even so, crude oil was recovered from a DST in a shallow interval and a deeper interval with oil shows was not tested. Oil was also recoverd in the Anza Basin and correlates to oil found in the same rift system in southern Sudan. The Lamu Basin has offshore oil possibilities similar to that for offshore Tanzania to the south.

Lokichar Basin (Lake Turkana area)

The Lokichar Basin oil potential is demonstrated by geochemical logs of the Loperot #1 stratigraphic test that recovered a DST oil.

The total petroleum potential of the Tertiary source rock found in the Loperot #1 well is comparable to the prolific Cretaceous source rocks of Sudan. The Lobster prospect developed by NOCK provides an immediate drill site with high likelihood of oil charge.