{{Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced yesterday to Kenyans the discovery of oil in the East Africa\u2019s economic powerhouse.}} <\/p>\n
Kibaki said, \u201cOil has been found in Ngamia-1 exploration well in Northern Kenya, Turkana. It is the first time Kenya has made such a discovery.”<\/p>\n
Tullow drilled an intermediate depth of 1,041 metres to hit the oil, which has similar properties to the light waxy crude discovered in Uganda. The difference is that while Tullow has to dig deeper to reach the oil in Kenya, Uganda\u2019s oil is closer to the surface\u2014about 600-800 metres.<\/p>\n
In their communiqu\u00e9, Tullow Oil said it confirmed the discovery after the well encountered in excess of 20 metres of net oil in a reservoir capable of producing hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an excellent start to our major exploration campaign in the East African rift basins of Kenya and Ethiopia,\u201d said Angus McCoss, the exploration director. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo make a good oil discovery in our first well is beyond our expectations and bodes well for the material programme ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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