| Updated Tue, May 2nd 2017 at 08:36 GMT +3The early oil pilot scheme that was expected to see Kenya start producing and exporting crude oil on a trial basis next month might face delays. This follows the lengthy process of selecting the companies that will move crude oil from Turkana to Mombasa by the Ministry of Energy and joint venture partners in the Lokichar oil project. The Government together with the joint venture companies – Tullow Oil, Africa Oil and Maersk Oil – had hoped to name the suppliers of trucks and insulated containers (tanktainers) that would move the oil to Mombasa by end of March. Under the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS), Tullow Oil and its partners will produce 2,000 barrels of a day from the Lokichar oil fields and move them to Mombasa. “In parallel to the upstream development work, the Kenya Joint Venture and the Government of Kenya continue to progress the export pipeline,” said Tullow.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2017 05:37 UTC