Monday the 15th of April 2013 - British oil exploration firm Tullow Oil has today revealed that one of Kenya’s six oil wells has been producing 281 barrels of oil a day (281 bopd) in test drills conducted to determine the commercial viability of the oil.
Tullow oil released the results of the test drills through a statement on its official website. The statement read in part;
The statement further added that the drill tests at Ngamia-1 well in Block 10BB are ‘very encouraging’;
In February, Tullow revealed that a similar testing drill at Twiga South-1 well had produced 2,812 barrels of oil per day (2,812 bopd). At the time the British oil firm said that the well had the potential to produce 5,200 barrels of oil per day (5,200 bopd).
The Kenyan DAILY POST