British oil firm Tullow has stored 70,000 barrels of oil in Lokichar as it prepares to start exporting crude before June from Turkana by road and rail. The oil firm has been producing 2,000 barrels of crude oil per day and building stocks ready for export within the next four months. This is in line with State House’s plan to have the oil transported by road from Turkana to Eldoret for onward delivery by train to the Mombasa port — a distance of 1,089 kilometres.
“We already have 70, 000 barrels stored in tanks at Lokichar after six months of extended well testing in the area. Our intention has been to understand the reservoirs. We need to know if the wells are connected,” Petroleum PS Andrew Kamau said during a tour of the oil fields on Friday.
