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State inaction on Tullow plan approval to delay oil project

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Tullow employee breaks a seal from a truck ferrying crude oil from Lokichar, Turkana, June 2018. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Kenya's dream of becoming an oil producer faces further delay following the government's postponement of a decision on the plan by Tullow that would guide the development of its Lokichar oil fields in Turkana County.

Approval of the Field Development Plan (FDP) would see Tullow granted an oil production licence, setting the stage for the start of the commercial phase of the project.

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