Post by genius on May 24, 2012 14:38:55 GMT 3
www.the-star.co.ke/local/western--nyanza/77001-tullow-to-prospect-for-oil-in-nyakach
www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000058625&story_title=Oil%20exploration%20firm%20headed%20to%20Nyakach%20next
Even before we get used to the fact that lots of oil lies under Turkana soils, Tullow are launching yet another oil exploration project in Nyakach, Kisumu County. Chances are high that this too could turn out to be successful.
Now that it appears the entire Western region of Kenya could be sitting on lots of oil, what are the implications of this. I'm just hoping that the government and the people will not focus too much on the oil and forget that people still need to grow food.
Finding oil in Turkana was not problematic because the area is quite underpopulated and there isn't much difficulty in sequestering land for oil exploitation there. In addition, the disruption to human activity due to oil would be relatively manageable. But when we talk about a place like Western Kenya, which is very well-populated and where a significant part of Kenya's food comes from, we need to be very careful how this is managed.
Let's see how the drillings in Nyakach go, indications are that the oil there could be much closer to the surface than the Turkana one and the quantities underneath greater than the Ugandan ones. Probably explains what the hulabaloo about Migingo Island was all about.
www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000058625&story_title=Oil%20exploration%20firm%20headed%20to%20Nyakach%20next
Even before we get used to the fact that lots of oil lies under Turkana soils, Tullow are launching yet another oil exploration project in Nyakach, Kisumu County. Chances are high that this too could turn out to be successful.
Now that it appears the entire Western region of Kenya could be sitting on lots of oil, what are the implications of this. I'm just hoping that the government and the people will not focus too much on the oil and forget that people still need to grow food.
Finding oil in Turkana was not problematic because the area is quite underpopulated and there isn't much difficulty in sequestering land for oil exploitation there. In addition, the disruption to human activity due to oil would be relatively manageable. But when we talk about a place like Western Kenya, which is very well-populated and where a significant part of Kenya's food comes from, we need to be very careful how this is managed.
Let's see how the drillings in Nyakach go, indications are that the oil there could be much closer to the surface than the Turkana one and the quantities underneath greater than the Ugandan ones. Probably explains what the hulabaloo about Migingo Island was all about.
