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Australian oil explorer withdraws from Lamu Basin

Pancontinental Oil and Gas

An Australian oil and gas prospecting company Pancontinental Oil and Gas has ditched its Kenyan operation, due to dampening prospects of finding sufficient crude oil in the Lamu Basin.

In a statement, the firm’s Chief Executive Barry Rushworth said it had issued notices of withdrawal from Block L10A together with its partner PTTEP of Thailand in the Lamu Basin offshore Kenya.

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