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THE CHALLENGES FACING THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR IN KENYA AND THE WAY FORWARD Background The discovery of oil and gas in Kenya in 2012 by Tullow Oil provide a great opportunity to Kenya to reposition itself as an economic hub.
May 20, 2015· Ever since oil was discovered in 2012 in Turkana, one of the most marginalized counties in Kenya, people have unrealistically high expectations on the benefits it will bring to them. Lack of information, communication and public consultation at community level fuels the risk of tensions over time turning into conflicts.
In January 2017, Tullow announced that it had agreed a substantial farmdown of its assets in Uganda to Total. Under the Sale and Purchase Agreement, Tullow agreed to transfer % of its % interest in Exploration Areas 1, 1A, 2 and 3A in Uganda to Total for a total consideration of 900 million.
Some key conflict localities in Kenya. Conflict in Kenya is not new. The crossborder areas with Somalia, Ethiopia, Southern Sudan and Uganda have been characterized by conflict since time immemorial. Conflict in these crossborder localities is associated with cattle rustling, whose key drivers are water and pastoral land.
Tullow Oil encounters more oil in Kenya exploration blocks Tullow Oil plc a UK based independent exploration and production group has encountered oil at two of its onshore exploration blocks Kodos...
Tullow has taken its knowledge and understanding of the geology in Uganda across into neighbouring Kenya. Since 2012, Tullow''s successful exploration and appraisal drilling campaigns in Kenya have resulted in the opening of a second new tertiary rift play in the South Lokichar Basin.
Jul 26, 2018· Protests shut down oil operations at Kenya''s Tullow. Thursday 26 July 2018 11:51am ... lies near South Sudan, a nation torn by years of conflict. READ ... of Petroleum and Mining could not ...
Sep 02, 2010· Tullow has signed agreements with Africa Oil Corp to gain a 50% interest in five licences: Blocks 10BB, 10A, 12A and 13T in Kenya and the South Omo Block in Ethiopia. This acquisition expands on the farmin to Block 10BA from Centric Energy announced in August.
Oct 14, 2019· James Nyamongo has been appointed the new National Oil Corporation of Kenya. This is after the Chief Executive Officer of. OilNews October 9, 2019 Leave a comment
TURKANA, KENYA: Disquiet is brewing in Turkana County that might jeopardise the plan for Tullow Oil to resume operations at its Lokichar oil fields. The Petroleum and Mining Ministry last week ...
Aug 08, 2018· Turkana, where the oil blocks are located, also lies near South Sudan, a nation torn by years of conflict. Tullow is targeting production in Kenya of at .
Company''s licensed oil exploration blocks in Kenya and Uganda (Tullow Oil Plc, 2013). Apart from Tullow Oil, African and Taipan Oil companies acquired 5 licenses to explore oil and gas in Mandera and Anza basins (Purcell, 2014). However, the latter two have not yet discovered any oil .
Tullow Oil plc is a multinational oil and gas exploration company founded in Tullow, Ireland with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. It has interests in over 150 licenses across 25 countries with 67 producing fields and in 2012 produced on average 79,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
The East Africa region is a core growth area for Tullow. In Uganda, discovered contingent resources are estimated to be around billion barrels of oil. In Kenya, Tullow estimates that the South Lokichar basin contains a recoverable resource range of 240 – 560 – 1,230 mmbo (1C–2C–3C).
Kenya is yet to agree with Tullow Oil on at least four sticky issues that will clear the way for the British oil prospecting company to switch its drilling machines back on in Turkana.
Jun 11, 2017· Controversy clouds Kenya early oil transportation plan. ... In Summary. Martin Mbogo, Tullow Oil Kenya''s country manager, and MaryJane Mwangi, the acting CEO of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya, are a couple living together. Nock playing a role in negotiations and Tullow being an explorer heightens the potential conflict in the relationship.
Kenya should learn from Somalia the meaning of national pride. Kenya and Somalia *** Disputes 2014 Oil Gas: An Equidistant Line Could Settle SomaliaKenya Maritime Dispute According to the AFP, Somalia argued that the maritime border should extend Southeast, in an area equidistant between the two states, while Kenya believes the line delineating water.
A Tullow Oil truck carrying drilling machines. The UK firm has invested billion in Kenya since it started exploration activities in 2010.
Exploration of Oil in Block 10BB and Block 13T, Turkana, Kenya Description: In March 2012, the then Kenyan President, Mwai Kibaki announced that oil had been discovered in Turkana County after exploratory drilling by Tullow Oil.
Jul 25, 2018· Tullow Oil has stopped work at its Kenyan oilfields and halted trucking operations after protests by the local community disrupted a transport scheme, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
Tullow oil suspends operations over conflict with locals ... Tullow Kenya BV Sunday announced it has temporarily suspended its operations in oil wells in the region until calm is restored ...
OIL EXPLORATION IN KENYA: SUCCESS REQUIRES CONSULTATION 3 FOREWORD We are pleased to present this report of findings, based on four months of indepth field research completed at the end of 2014 in Turkana County, northwestern Kenya. The field work covered more than 20 .
Conflicts arising from Oil and Gas Extraction in Turkana County, Kenya. ... (Tullow Oil). In order to accrue the desired benefits from the exploration activities, in the words of the majority ...
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