Category: Kenya

British energy explorer Tullow Oil said Friday an oil discovery in the Agete-1 exploration well in Kenya marks its fifth straight oil find in the region. Tullow said it encountered oil while drilling its Agete-1 wildcat well, which is positioned in a region not known previously to contain oil and natural gas reserves. “A fifth consecutive oil discovery onshore northern Kenya highlights the emerging world class exploration and production potential within our … acreage,” Angus McCoss, exploration director for Tullow, said in a statement Friday. McCoss said next year’s exploration campaign in the region would be “intensive.” Tullow provided no estimate of the potential from Agete-1. In October, Tullow halted operations at drilling sites in northern Kenya because of labor strikes. Work resumed Nov. 7 following talks with federal and local Kenyan officials. More than half of the 1,400 people employed by Tullow in […]

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British energy explorer Tullow Oil said Friday an oil discovery in the Agete-1 exploration well in Kenya marks its fifth straight oil find in the region. Tullow said it encountered oil while drilling its Agete-1 wildcat well, which is positioned in a region not known previously to contain oil and natural gas reserves. “A fifth consecutive oil discovery onshore northern Kenya highlights the emerging world class exploration and production potential within our … acreage,” Angus McCoss, exploration director for Tullow, said in a statement Friday. McCoss said next year’s exploration campaign in the region would be “intensive.” Tullow provided no estimate of the potential from Agete-1. In October, Tullow halted operations at drilling sites in northern Kenya because of labor strikes. Work resumed Nov. 7 following talks with federal and local Kenyan officials. More than half of the 1,400 people employed by Tullow in […]

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LONDON, Nov. 7 (UPI) — British energy explorer Tullow Oil announced plans Thursday to restart operations at two reserve areas in Kenya shuttered previously by labor strikes. Tullow said it would restart operations at blocks 10BB and 13T in northern Kenya by Friday. It halted operations there in late October. The company said the decision follows an agreement reached with federal and local officials on labor issues. “Tullow has reaffirmed its commitment to local employment, local opportunities and transparency throughout its operations in northern Kenya,” the company said in a statement. “As Tullow’s exploration campaign progresses and gathers pace, the number of local employees and local companies involved in our work will continue to grow.” More than half of the 1,400 people employed by Tullow in Kenya are from the north of the country. Tullow in September announced it made a new oil discovery in northern Kenya. It said […]

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Tullow Oil has been forced to suspend operations at its two blocks in Turkana after locals stormed the facilities on Saturday. Two area Members of Parliament marshalled local residents to match to Tullow’s camps demanding for jobs for the locals and supply contracts for the communities. The affected are Block 10BB and Block 13T in Turkana East and Turkana South. Tullow Oil and Canada’s Africa Oil Corporation each have a 50 per cent working interest in the two blocks. Over 2000 Turkana residents matched into the two camps in an incident that saw some looting of Tullow properties. No one was injured during the skirmish, Tullow Oil officials said. Sources said the locals were seeking to chase away all the Tullow employees who are not locals and have them replaced with locals. Tullow estimates that out of the 1,700 employees at the two blocks, close to 900 are from […]

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