Tullow Oil has found more oil in a well it is drilling in Kenya and plans to drill another in an adjacent block later this year, the Africa-focused UK firm said yesterday.
The firm said in March it had struck oil in the well in northern Kenya, the country’s first oil discovery.
Kenya and its neighbours in east Africa, as well as the horn of the continent, have become a hot spot for oil and gas exploration in recent years, spurred by new finds in countries including Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique.
While it is yet to strike commercial deposits, the discoveries by Tullow and its partner Africa Oil Corp in Kenya’s far northern county of Turkana has increased exploration interest in the east African country.
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