French oil giant Total, which is consolidating its position in the region’s extractives sector through its full acquisition of Maersk Oil and Gas stake in Kenya’s South Lokichar oilfields, plans to push for discussions that would see Kenya’s oil transported through the Uganda-Tanzania pipeline.
Such a decision, still at the wishful thinking stage, would have far-reaching implications for Kenya’s grand infrastructure project — the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport Corridor (Lapsset) — which includes an oil pipeline.
