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| Ngamia-1 A general view shows an oil rig used in drilling at the Ngamia-1 well on Block 10BB, in the Lokichar basin, which is part of the East African Rift System, in Turkana County April 5, 2012. Kenya has seen a surge of interest for new oil blocks after striking oil last week, Martin Heya, commissioner of petroleum at the ministry of energy, said on Thursday. The east African country is abuzz with news of its first oil discovery in the dry and dusty northwest town where Africa-focused UK firm Tullow Oil Plc has been exploring. REUTERS/Njuwa Maina (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY) |
Turkana; Kenya: Tullow Oil said on Friday it was facing industrial action at a number of its drilling sites in northern Kenya. A local leader said the company had evacuated some workers.
Independent oil and gas explorer Tullow Oil and its partner in northern Kenya, Africa Oil, have struck commercially viable deposits of oil in the Lokichar basin in Turkana, where it has discovered resources of about 600 million barrels.
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