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Tullow Oil strikes another oil find in Kerio Valley

Kenya can boast of another oil find. This is after Britain’s exploration firm Tullow Oil yesterday announced that it had discovered more oil in Kerio Valley in Northern Kenya.

In a statement, the firm said that the Cheptuket-1 well in Block 12A, Northern Kenya, had “encountered good oil shows.” Cheptuket-1 is the first well to test the Kerio Valley Basin and was drilled by the PR Marriott Rig-46 to a final depth of 3,083 metres.

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