This revised book gives a detailed well-log, seismic and gravity data interpretations of the Chalbi, Lake Turkana, Lokichar-North Kerio and Lotikipi sub-basins. It prognostically evaluates probable sites for oil and gas potential in the northwest Kenya Rift Basin systems. Its user-friendly text enables students pursuing graduate courses in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, mining, petroleum engineering and environmental science (which constitute the discipline of Earth Science) to comprehend, with comparative ease, the petroleum prospectivity in this part of Kenya where substantial oil and...

This book focuses on a research work done on petroleum as a source of fuel. It entails the occurrence and the reservoir traps, the art and science of petroleum prospecting, exploration techniques, production and its impacts to the economy of a country - which in this context, is Kenya. A wide comparison is made on the impacts of discoveries of petroleum in several countries in Africa, Middle East and the rest of the world. The research-related work is replete with information from library materials, internet downloads, journals, articles and other relevant reports. The recommendations have...