Africa Oil Corp. and its two joint venture partners, Tullow Oil, and Maersk, have announced new plans to drill up to eight exploration and appraisal wells in Kenya starting from December to boost proven resources and improve financing prospects for field development.

Tullow Oil will restart exploration and appraisal drilling at Kenya's prolific South Lokichar field in December where it saw an upside potential of over 1b barrels of recoverable oil.