Starting in December, BGP Kenya, on behalf of Vanoil Energy Ltd., will proceed with an additional 75 km of high-definition 2D seismic in order to position a 50-sq-km, 3D-seismic program. This additional seismic is expected to elevate several of the highly prospective leads contained in the focus area of Vanoil's South Anza Basin to drillable prospects.

In September 2011, Vanoil and BGP Kenya successfully completed a further 398-km, 2D, high-resolution seismic program on Block 3B bringing the 2010-11 cumulative total to 845 km of high resolution infill seismic in addition to the 2,000 km of reprocessed 1970s data.

Vanoil's Calgary based technical team, which includes Sproule International Ltd., Statcom Ltd., Geoseis Inc., and Petro-Explorers Inc. have concluded the processing, interpretation and integration of the new, high-resolution, 2D seismic program. Based on extensive experience in the South Sudan, the team was able to demonstrate a strong interpretative analogy between Blocks 3A and 3B in the South Anza Basin and the prolific oilfields of the Melut and Muglad basins of the South Sudan.

Further detailed analysis including the results from dGB Earth Science’s Sequence and Chimney analytical tools has enabled Vanoil to high grade an area (approximately 2,300 sq km) in South Anza Basin into a focus area containing 15 highly prospective leads.