Oil explorer seeks Sh910m in damages from partner over Kenya project 'breach’

A worker walks at the power plant of an oil processing facility at an oilfield in Unity State April 22, 2012. Landlocked South Sudan produces 350,000 barrels a day of crude. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS)

Africa-focused oil explorer Taipan Resources is seeking at least $10 million (Sh910m) in damages from EAX, its partner in a Kenyan oil field and a subsidiary of London-listed oil firm Afren.

Taipan's Kenya-based subsidiary Lion Petroleum said it had opened an arbitration case against EAX for breaching certain conditions of a joint operating agreement, including contract award procedures and accounting procedures.