Four tankers set off from Lokichar, in the heart of Turkana County, towards Mombasa where the oil will be stored in tanks awaiting export. Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau said the Government together with Tullow Oil and its joint venture partners in the Lokichar oil project - Africa Oil and Total - will in the course of the next year work through the details of the deal. In addition to the shape that the pipeline will take, the Feed will also inform other aspects, including its cost. By then, Kamau added, both Government and the joint venture partners will have decided what equity each will take in the pipeline project. Fledgling industryAccording to the Morendat Institute of Oil and Gas, owned and operated by the Kenya Pipeline Company, only two Kenyans are currently certified as pipeline welders and can work on an oil pipeline.

Source: Standard Digital June 05, 2018 08:44 UTC