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Gulf Energy secures oil rig ahead of Lokichar project kick-off

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Police officers escort tanktainers loaded with crude oil from the Ngamia 8 Oil Well in Nakukulas, Turkana County. [File, Standard]

Gulf Energy, the firm that last year took over the Turkana oil project, says it has leased an oil rig from a Middle Eastern firm that will be used to drill oil wells in Lokichar.

This is as the firm looks to start commercial oil production by the end of this year. 

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