Tullow Oil, over the past five and a half months, has transported a total of 30,000 barrels of oil from Turkana to the port of Mombasa in Kenya. This equates to 600 bpd shipped in four trucks every other day under the Early Oil Pilot Scheme. However, Tullow had promised before the start of the extraction that the initial production quota would be 2,000 bpd.
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Kenya aims to meet 100% of its energy needs through renewable sources of energy by 2020, according to the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta. Currently renewable energy accounts for 70% of the East African country’s energy mix. To reach this level, massive investment in the sector was required, leading, among other things, to a tripling of the national electrification rate to 60%. “Our goal is to achieve 100% satisfaction with our renewable energy needs by 2020….
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Kenya is seeking consultants for a feasibility study on a planned gold refinery in the East African nation’s western town of Kakamega, in a bid to boost earnings by small-scale miners.
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Kenya’s ambition of having a nuclear power plant is still on course and it hopes to build its first such facility in the next 12 to 15 years, a senior Energy Ministry official said on Friday.
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The government of Kenya and the local subsidiary of Tullow Oil have agreed to resume oilfield operations in the northern Kenyan county of Turkana, where Tullow Oil shuttered operations last month amid security concerns and protests by the locals.
Read MoreTullow Oil has stopped all operations in its Kenyan oil fields, citing unaddressed security fears as local hostility mounts.
Read MoreFor the second consecutive year, Ethiopia has the most hydropower capacity in Africa, according to the International Hydropower Association.
Read MoreMore than 300 firms in Kenya have been blacklisted from energy tenders. According to the East African country’s energy minister, Charles Keter, 350 companies linked to corrupt deals at Kenya Power Lighting Company were blacklisted.
Read MoreKenya has launched a pilot scheme to export crude oil via Mombasa as part of efforts to capitalise on the country’s oil reserves.
Read MoreA private Kenyan power firm has signed a 20-year deal to sell 40 MW it will generate from a solar plant it is building to the East African nation’s State-run distributor, its chief executive said.
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