'Thick extensive' layer of oil in shale encountered in Kenya

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'Thick extensive' layer of oil in shale encountered in Kenya
by Daniel J. Graeber
London (UPI) May 15, 2013

Pipeline ruptures in Los Angeles, spilling oil over a half-mile area [VIDEO]
Los Angeles (UPI) May 15, 2013 - Oil that spilled from a pipeline onto a roadway in Los Angeles is knee-high in some areas, the city's fire department said Thursday.

The Los Angeles Police Department said a 20-inch pipeline broke open and spilled about 1,190 barrels -- or roughly 50,000 gallons -- onto the streets.

"Oil is knee high in some areas," LAPD said in a statement. "A handful of commercial businesses are affected."

No injuries were reported during the incident. LAPD said the pipeline's operator was unknown at the time of the incident, first reported shortly after midnight local time. First responders were on the scene working to control the spill.

LAPD said the oil pipeline was shut off from a remote location. The department said oil spilled across San Fernando Road covered a half-mile area.

LAPD initially said about 1 million gallons -- or roughly 24,000 barrels -- spilled from the pipeline.

Emergency crews trained to respond to hazardous materials are on scene.

British energy explorer Tullow Oil said Thursday it was reviewing options at its oil basins in Kenya after encountering extensive reserves in shale.

Tullow said Thursday it ran into a 200-foot column of oil while drilling into its Twiga-2 appraisal well. At least 16 feet of oil was encountered during drilling operations at the company's Ekunyuk-1 well in northern Kenya.

"The presence of a thick extensive oil shale gives us new options to study the basin's substantial unconventional oil potential," Tullow's Exploration Director Angus McCoss said in a statement.

In March, the company said some of its oil reserve areas in Kenya were poorly developed, though it remained upbeat about their potential.

Its partners at Africa Oil Corp. said testing last year from the reserves areas in blocks 10BB and 13T in northern Kenya yielded a flow rate of about 5,000 barrels of oil per day.

In a separate statement Wednesday, Africa Oil Chief Executive Officer Keith Hill said his company was "very bullish" about its opportunities in Kenya.

"Our goal is to open up at least one new basin and to move a significant number of barrels from prospective to contingent resources by the end of 2014 as we move the field development program forward," he said.

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