Oil agency report clears fears of petroleum contamination of oil wells in Kenya’s South Lokichar Basin in the north

Oil agency report clears fears of petroleum contamination of oil wells in Kenya’s South Lokichar Basin in the north

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has announced that laboratory analysis of soil and water samples from the South Lokichar Oil Basin shows no evidence of petroleum contamination following its latest environmental monitoring exercise. The findings were shared during a meeting between Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai and a delegation from EPRA...

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Landlocked Rwanda says it has added Kenya to its oil import alternative routes to ensure steady flows and predictability

Landlocked Rwanda says it has added Kenya to its oil import alternative routes to ensure steady flows and predictability

Landlocked Rwanda imports all its petroleum products overland through two main ports, Dar as Salaam in Tanzania and Mombasa in ⁠Kenya.

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How an American oil drilling firm Amoco ‘imported cancer’ to northern Kenya, then left trail of deaths of herdsman in Kargi village   

How an American oil drilling firm Amoco ‘imported cancer’ to northern Kenya, then left trail of deaths of herdsman in Kargi village   

The chemicals can have “catastrophic effects” on the environment and people, said James Njuguna, an engineering professor at Robert Gordon University.

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Imminent crude oil production by Uganda forebodes misery for the poor as Kampala follows path taken by Nigeria

Imminent crude oil production by Uganda forebodes misery for the poor as Kampala follows path taken by Nigeria

The EACOP starts in Kabaale, Hoima District and traverses 296 kilometres in Uganda through 10 districts: Kikuube, Hoima, Kakumiro, Kyankwazi, Mubende, Gomba, Sembabule, Lwengo, Rakai and Kyotera) affecting 25 sub-counties and 171 villages.by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) – a 1,443 kilometres pipeline to the port of Tanga in Tanzania to be processed and sold to the world markets.

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