Good news..Kenya to make first historic crude shipment

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Kenya lately has been opening its wings to majority of its potential and its good to know that natural resources is also part of the plan. There is a new teaser in addition to KQ direct flight and BRT that sounds like productive deal.

Reuters reveals Africa-focused Tullow Oil expects the first crude shipments from its Kenyan oilfields in the first half of 2019 and is pricing the product for the market, the company’s chief executive said today.

Paul McDade in an interview also said that Tullow, which has expanded beyond Africa to the coast of Guyana, was bringing forward its drilling plans for the South American country and was looking to drill at least two wells there in the middle of 2019.

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In Kenya, one of Africa’s newest oil plays where Tullow is already trucking crude, the next phase is getting ready to roll.

“We will have a shipment of Kenyan crude ready to go probably in the first or second quarter of next year. We will market that and it allows the refiners to see the crude and try the crude so that helps the marketing process,” McDade added on the sidelines of the Africa Oil Week conference.

The price for crude from Kenya and neighbouring Uganda has not yet been fixed. The product is light crude but is waxy, a drawback as it needs to be heated for transport to stay liquid.

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Paul McDade

But its extremely low sulphur content is a plus. A 0.5 percent sulphur limit will be imposed on marine fuels from 2020 by the International Maritime Organization, down from 3.5 percent, to help protect the ocean environment.

“It is as close as you can get to zero sulphur which is quite unusual. That will give it a premium,” McDade said. He would not be drawn on what he thought its price ultimately would be in relation to the Brent benchmark.

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Tullow also has a planned pipeline project in Kenya and its CEO said tenders would go out for that probably in the first half of next year.

Do you think this will be a smooth deal?

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