Eni wins first blocks offshore Kenya

Offshore staff

MILAN, Italy – Kenya’s government has awarded Eni (MI:ENI;NYSE:E)100% interests in production sharing contracts for three offshore exploration blocks.

The L-21, L-23, and L-24 are all in the deep and ultra-deepwaters of the Lamu basin and cover an area of more than 35,000 sq km (13,513 sq mi). Initial work will focus on seismic acquisition.

Eni has had major recent successes withdeepwater gas discoveries to the south offshore Mozambique.

7/5/2012