Tues 9th August 2022, Election Day
Production by 2016? Seem too ambitious. That mandera El Wak basin is mind boggling if the find was to be confirmed. Seem Turkana will cross 1B barrels. Let see what Baringo and Elgyo Markawet will yield..Tullow will spud exploratory well this yr. Lamu offshore find i think is sort of confirmed. Nyakach? basin..what happened to that.Yes we might be floating on top of oil....
With folks like Uhuru at helm, that oil will go to the asians. I hope at least Ruto can oust him before production gets under way.
George, I hold no political affiliations, honestly. Uhuru's a killer. This looks like the NAZI party symbol. Doves should face the left.
Not so. Production from Turkana is actually possible by 2016. Tullow even wanted to lift it off ground earlier than this. This is because the infrastructure for Kenya is a little more advanced than say that of Uganda in terms of oil resources. However, in the absence of rail transport this have to be tracked at least upto Kitale.
In the first half of 2010, Tullow progressed a series of transactions to align interests and accelerate development of the Lake Albert Rift basin which culminated in the purchase of Heritage Oil and Gas Limited's ("Heritage") interests in EA-1 and EA-3A on 26 July. The process to subsequently farm-down interests to CNOOC and Total, with each partner taking a one third interest in EA-1, 2 and 3A, was signed on the 29th March 2011, following the signing of a MoU between Tullow and the Government of Uganda on 15 March 2011.On 3 February 2012, Tullow signed two Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) relating to the Lake Albert Rift Basin with the Government of Uganda. This enabled Tullow and its new partners to complete the farm-down on 21 February 2012 for a consideration of $2.9 billion. Ownership and operatorship responsibilities within the basin have been divided between the Partners. Total operates Exploration Area-1 (EA-1) with Tullow operating Exploration Area-2 (EA-2). In the former Exploration Area-3A, CNOOC Limited operates the new Kanywataba licence and the Kingfisher production licence.Tullow estimates there is 1.7bn barrels of recoverable oil resources in the Lake Albert Rift Basin. Tullow is utilising the skills and understanding it has developed over the years from drilling in Uganda and applying this to other areas in the East African Rift Basin. In Kenya and Ethiopia, Tullow has secured a commanding acreage position and the first well in Kenya, Ngamia-1, made an important oil discovery in 2012.Significant progress has been made with the Government of Uganda and our partners regarding the development options for the Lake Albert Basin. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in February 2014 by the partners and the Government of Uganda providing a framework to achieve a unified commercialisation plan for the development of the upstream, an export pipeline and a modular refinery initially sized for 30,000 bopd.
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