Over the period, Tullow Oil, which is the operator of the oil blocks in Turkana County, said it had trucked 350,000 barrels of crude oil. “The tanks at KPRL are still holding crude oil that was delivered from Turkana under EOPS. It had also installed a steam boiler for the heating of tanks and pipelines, equipping them to handle the Turkana crude oil. “Once the crude oil resident at KPRL tanks is exported, the tanks and facilities will be put into alternative use,” said KPC. The first consignment of 200,000 barrels of crude oil exported in August 2019 was sold to Chinese firm ChemChina at Sh1.2 billion.

Source: Standard Digital May 09, 2021 09:33 UTC