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Turkana oil project to delay further over plan review

Tullow Oil now expects to know the fate of its updated plan to develop the Lokichar oil fields by the end of December this year.

The field development plan (FDP) that Tullow had presented to the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) was rejected in June, with the industry regulator citing gaps.

Tullow now says the review of the FDP has been extended by six months to December 31.

The plan, which outlines the strategy and steps the UK firm will take in developing the fields where oil was discovered in 2012, has experienced a back and-forth between the exploration company and the government since December 2021.

An updated FDP, in which Tullow said it would produce its first oil by 2028, was submitted in March 2023. This was however returned to the firm without approval, with Epra instead asking for more details.