Other points that must be resolved include availability of reliable water for production of oil and provision of physical infrastructure to support the project. These were expected to have been addressed by now so that the firm can continue trucking the crude to Mombasa. “Concluding these issues with the government this quarter is a critical FID enabler,” Tullow Oil Kenya boss Martin Mbogo said in an email interview. The oil production will allow us to scale EOPS trucking from the previous 600 to 2,000 barrels per day,” said Mr Mbogo. He said the Kenya Joint Venture (KJV) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining were still engaging potential buyers.

Source: Daily Nation April 16, 2019 18:22 UTC