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Now Kenya postpones first crude oil export

A truck loaded with crude oil enroute to Mombasa from the oilfields in South Lokichar. Only 60,000 barrels have been transported to the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Ltd depot in Changamwe. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  NJIRAINI MUCHIRA

Kenya's plan to export crude under the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS), remains elusive, after Tullow Oil pushed the date of the first shipment to June.

The project was launched in June 2018, and was to deliver the maiden shipment of 400,000 barrels in February this year.

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