Tullow hopeful of Kenya FID this year
The operator remains positive, but the future of Kenya’s first oil development remains very uncertain
Tullow Oil says that FID on the Turkana oil development in northern Kenya is still possible by the end of the year. However, the project’s operator has said it needs to farm-down at least part of its 50pc stake if the project is to proceed and the cash-strapped company could yet exit the project altogether. Tullow and its partners Total (25pc) and Canadian-registered Africa Oil Corp (25pc) had hoped to take FID by the end of 2019. This was put back due, in part, to a lengthier-than-expected process by the Kenyan authorities. Heads of terms with the government, covering legal, tax, transportation and regulatory issues, were signed in June 2019. Besides oil production in the remote Turkana r
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