Tullow oil project in drought-hit part of Kenya suspended
- Daniel Wesangula
- Jul 12, 2017
- 1 min read
Kenya’s energy minister on Thursday announced the suspension of the East African nation’s plan to pump crude oil in a drought-ravaged northern province by British-Canadian firm Tullow Oil.
Speaking at a press conference in the country’s capital Nairobi, the country’s energy minister Charles Keter said the Early Oil Pilot Scheme, that had been slated to start this month, had been moved to September pending approval of an energy bill.
“After consultation with stakeholders in the county, we will do it by the end of the year,” Keter told journalists on Thursday.
The Early Oil Pilot Scheme is a government project that was meant to kickstart the exploitation and marketing of Kenya’s oil at small scale to test the market. It was expected to run for two years from mid-2017.
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