Tullow Oil starts commercial exploration stage in Turkana

Tullow Oil Company has announced the commencement of the Commercial Exploration Stage that will see Kenya extract and export high standard crude oil for a minimum of 25 years.

[factonistic]

Export our oil and then buy back at a higher price. Genius.

[stephenschege]

Explorations we get news bt wen we start exportation we don't get news

[jembekali]

Low Sulphur content but high wax content making it require a heated pipeline. This is such a capital intensive and high operating cost venture, that I wonder who will be ready to put money into it. Might take the next 50 years for this to be a reality. By the way, it is in the open that the initial batch of mined (~200, 000 barrels) was sold to ChemChina at a value of KES 12B. Whoever gained from it, is another question.

[oasis]

There is a refinery built in Lamu port for export if I am not wrong, that is why they want to put a pipeline from Turkana to Lamu for the Lapsett project.

[njorobucci]

Report this abroad please...the beneficiaries are there

[Mwîyathí.Mactohh]

It's not all about exporting rather than selling it locally and the neighboring The government should focus on refining the oil and do off with the oil crisis that has been on place for a long time

[Ukversuskenya]

OK, checks done..Tullow are from Ireland UK.. question every Kenyan should be asking now is : what is Kenya gaining? After seeing what happened to West Africa, I want to know how this will benefit Kenya. Why export crude oil..People are asking...instead of refining it and selling it as so. Can citizen tv please answer these queries? C'est tout.

[indechero]

Have your own refineries to produce end products instead of planning to export crude oil. Who bewitched Africans 😢

[johnnderi]

Thats very good, and please tell us if you know, what happened to the oil that was sent out for refining, during the handshake nonsense

[eleasemugo]

Can't we buy it refine and use it here in kenya....must we export then import

[saidhashi]

Hii maneno ya Turkana oil imerudi tena?
Who benefited from initial exports??

[Evansjimmy]

The only hope kenya has if it will be handled in a transparent manner

[wawerukamau]

Kenyans are the one who shall develop the country.
Hydrogen sulfide should not be an issue of downgrading our crude oil as it can be easily removed by steel wool filtration.

[fredrickkakui]

for once citizen you had news worth watching. Kudos for this one.

[johnmaina]

If Ruto had plans to end the oil cartels, now its the time

[negevmasmediamax]

why should we continue importing expensive crude oil when we can use the locally crude oil ?

[martino]

Why not refine the oil in Kenya? Can join with Uganda and build a regional refinery

[husseinali]

Bring companies from other places.. there's alot of gas and oil in northeastern Kenya

[juliusgitau]

Still being colonised through our leadership

[samcaptain]

Do not celebrate what you don't know the terms and conditions...we will still keep importing..ordinary Kenyan will still buy expensive fuel.