Lake Turkana, Kenya
Tullow continues search for Kenyan project partner
The Anglo-Irish independent is looking for more buy-in to progress its Lokichar/Turkana development
Anglo-Irish independent Tullow Oil continues to seek a further partner to join its planned Lokichar/Turkana project in Kenya, while remaining focused on productive assets in Ghana. Tullow submitted a revised Turkana field development (FDP) plan last year and says that “constructive discussions with interested parties are progressing”, as the firm and its existing partners— French major TotalEnergies (25pc) and Canada’s Africa Oil Corp (25pc)—“look to secure a strategic partner for the project”. Tullow says the revised FDP is “conditional” on a number of developments, “including, but not limited to, the successful introduction of a new strategic partner”. Consultancy Welligence suggests the “
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