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Oil explorers giving up on Kenya

 

Tullow Oil’s drilling rig at Ngamia 1 well in Turkana County. The London-based firm is the only one to have found commercially viable oil deposits in Kenya. [Courtesy, Standard]

A number of oil exploration firms have over the past one year announced plans to withdraw from the country, dampening hopes of increased oil discoveries.

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