British oil explorer Tullow Oil has enlisted services of research experts SCL Group to steer it into smoother waters in Kenya's operations ahead of planned commercial production in 2024. The oil firm has experienced several operational hitches since it discovered oil in Turkana in 2012, mostly hostility from the local community over revenue sharing modalities and local content. In August last year, Petroleum principal secretary Andrew Kamau told journalists that the project had incurred Sh50 million in delay costs. This was after the firm was forced to halt operations for more than a month following a standoff between the government and the Turkana community over revenue allocation structure and local content. The study which is expected to take more than 100 days will compliment another ongoing on by Lundin, an indication that Tullow Oil is not taking any chance in its quest to have a share of Kenya's Sh500 billion oil project.

Source: The Star January 11, 2020 00:56 UTC