Irish exploration company in further significant oil find at Kenya asset

Kenya has moved a step closer to being the next big geographical base for Tullow Oil, after the Irish-founded exploration company made a further significant oil find at one of its assets there.

Tullow has long since tipped Kenya as having the potential to be as big as other areas of Africa — such as Ghana and Uganda — where it has found success.

Yesterday, the London and Dublin-based company said that drilling on one of its onshore exploration wells, in Kenya, encountered 30 metres of net oil pay. The Twiga South-1 well follows on from work on the Ngamia well, where Tullow made Kenya’s first oil find back in March.