Tullow Oil suspends plans to exit Kenya

By Kepha Muiruri,

Anglo-English based oil explorer Tullow Oil has made an about turn on its oil project in Kenya suspending its planned exit through the sale of blocks ...

ministry of petroleum and mining , Tullow Oil

Tullow revises crude shipment to 2019

By Citizen Reporter,

Tullow Oil has revised Kenya’s expected first crude oil shipments. The company now says this could happen in the first half of 2019 and is pricin...

Tullow Oil

Govt to sign MoU to end oil trucking standoff

By Citizen Team,

The ongoing crude oil transportation deadlock in Turkana is costing Kenyan tax payers up to Ksh10 million a day according to the state department of p...

Andrew Kamau , early oil pilot scheme , EOPS , local community , Lokichar , MOU , revenue share agreement , standoff , state department of petroleum , Tullow Oil , turkana

Govt plans sovereign fund for oil revenue as blockade continues

By Kepha Muiruri,

The government is considering setting up a sovereign fund to manage the local community revenue share from proceeds of the country’s crude oil. T...

crude oil , early oil pilot scheme , FID , field development , final investment decision , insecurity , John Munyes , local community , Oil , revenue , security , Tullow Oil , turkana , Uhuru kenyatta

Experts pour cold water on local crude oil refinery

By Patrick Igunza,

The first 600 barrels of crude oil from Lokichar in Turkana is expected in Mombasa on Thursday. But as the refinery is being spruced up for storage...

barrels , early oil , EOPS , FID , final investment decision , KPRL , Lokichar , Ministry of Petroleum , Ogutu Okudo , oil curse , oil producing nations , Patrick Obath , Refinery , SpringRock Energy , Tullow , Uhuru kenyatta

Tullow eyes production in 2022

By Sophie Kinoti,

Kenya is set to start commercial production of crude oil in 2022 after completing an appraisal of its south Lokichar base. According to British exp...

appraisal , final investment decision , Lokichar , Ministry of Petroleum , Oil , Tullow , turkana

Drought shatters Turkana’s dreams of a better future

By AFP,

In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations of poverty and neglect in Kenya'...

Africa Oil , aquifer , arid area , Drought , economic empowerment , education , Hunger , kenya , laws , livestock , Oil , poverty , revenue share deal , schools , Social , Tullow Oil , turkana , unicef , water scarcity

Kenya’s oil reserves hit 750 million barrels, Tullow

By Michael Karanja,

Kenya’s oil reserves have increased to 750 million barrels up from 600 million barrels, oil exploration firm Tullow has announced. According to T...

Tullow

U.N. looks to business to cut aid bill for refugees in East Africa

By Agencies,

Mesfin Getahun, an Ethiopian living in a remote refugee camp on Kenya's northern border, earns $10,000 a month from his wholesale and retail business ...

Businessmen cry foul over road last tarmacked in 1978

By Wangui Ngechu,

The business community operating in Lodwar, Kakuma, Lokichogio and South Sudan are now decrying the poor state of roads leading from Kitale to Sudan. ...

kakuma , Lodwar , Lokichogio , turkana