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Lamu oil, gas find not viable but promising

By Macharia Kamau

Kenya: Australian oil and gas explorer Pancontinental Oil and Gas says a well it has been drilling with its partners off the coast of Lamu is not commercially viable. The firm yesterday said the Sunbird 1 well incurred trace amounts of natural gas, adding that such small amounts are a clear indication that there are huge deposits of gas and oil.

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