{"id":7497,"date":"2019-01-17T06:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T06:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=7497"},"modified":"2019-01-17T06:36:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T06:36:15","slug":"eops-evacuated-60000-barrels-of-oil-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/eops-evacuated-60000-barrels-of-oil-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"EOPS evacuated 60,000 Barrels of Oil to Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early oil pilot scheme has to\ndate transported from Turkana to Mombasa over 60,000 barrels according to Irish\nexplorer Tullow Oil in its latest statement. According to the company the scheme\nhas to date seen 100 trips from North western Kenya to the Kenyan coast at a\nrate of 600 barrels per trip with an average of eight trucks being dispatched\nevery two days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company adds that it expects\nthis trips three-fold to increase to 2,000 bopd from April 2019 which will\nenable a maiden lifting expected in the first half of 2019. &nbsp;This first shipment is expected to help the\ncountry avail its product to the international market with the crude destined\nto Asian refineries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot scheme is expected to\nhelp the country transition into full production which is expected in <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VYCE03\">phases<\/a> a cost saving measure according to the\njoint venture as it will allow them to limit upfront capital expenditures while\nallowing a Kenyan export pipeline to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further the company adds it has made\nsubstantial progress in Kenya in 2018 and continues to target FID in late 2019\nand First Oil in 2022with land acquisition, commercial frameworks and contract\nawards being among key milestones to be achieved throughout 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The early oil pilot scheme has to date transported from Turkana to Mombasa over 60,000 barrels according to Irish explorer Tullow Oil in its latest statement. According to the company &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/eops-evacuated-60000-barrels-of-oil-to-date\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[7058,4566,2571],"class_list":["post-7497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-7058","tag-early-oil-pilot-scheme","tag-tullow-oil","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EOPS.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1WV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7553,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/over-70000-barrels-evacuated-to-mombasa-under-eops\/","url_meta":{"origin":7497,"position":0},"title":"Over 70,000 Barrels Evacuated to Mombasa Under EOPS","author":"","date":"February 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The transfer of stored crude oil from Turkana to Mombasa by road under the early oil pilot scheme (EOPS) commenced on 3 June 2018 has to date transported 70,000 barrels according to Tullow Oil. 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