A drilling well in Turkana. Photo/nation.co.ke
Tullow Oil Company has discovered a new oil drill well in the Emekuya-1 that will be another boost the economy for the people of Turkana.
Tullow’s Country Manager Martin Mbogo said this has motivated the team to explore more oil in the region.
“The well was drilled close to the Etom-2 well which was a very successful well drilled in late 2016. Finding more oil here in the northern part of South Lokichar basin is good news and will add more oil to the overall resources that we have in the basin. We found oil at Etom-2 and at Erut (in early 2017) and we are now trying to find out if there’s more oil in between these two oil discoveries,” he said.
The good news comes just two months after the company signed a production agreement with the government allowing transportation crude oil from Turkana fields to Mombasa to other countries.
Just weeks ago people of Turkana were frustrated that they are not benefiting from the oil and they are hopeful that this new discovery will yield development and good returns in the region