Irish oil exploration company Tullow Oil has discovered the first natural gas find off Kenya, adding to Tullow’s recent first inland oil discovery in March.

BP denied a report its embattled chief executive would leave soon, as it lined up $7 billion (€5.46bn) in asset sales to help pay for the worst oil spill in US history, lifting its shares yesterday.

TWENTY-SIX countries in an international energy consortium will release 60 million barrels of crude oil and petrol to relieve the energy crunch caused by Hurricane Katrina.