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Kenyan crude oil extraction and export postponed again

The failure of the EOPS scheme has forced the Kenya government and British firm Tullow Oil to contemplate investing $3 million to build tanks in Turkana to store the crude until such a time that it becomes possible to export it. PHOTO | FILE

By  NJIRAINI MUCHIRA

Uncertainty continues to dog Kenya’s Early Oil Pilot scheme (EOPS) as it becomes apparent that a plan to start small-scale oil exportation next month is not feasible.

The failure of the scheme has forced the Kenya government and British firm Tullow Oil to contemplate investing $3 million to build tanks in Turkana to store the crude until such a time that it becomes possible to export it.

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