{"id":7681,"date":"2019-05-10T07:32:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T07:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=7681"},"modified":"2019-05-10T07:41:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T07:41:16","slug":"crude-oil-transportation-expected-to-increase-as-epf-ramps-up-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/crude-oil-transportation-expected-to-increase-as-epf-ramps-up-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude Oil Transportation Expected to Increase As EPF Ramps Up Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Transportation of crude oil from the South Lokichar basin by truck is expected to normalize following the granting of regulatory approval from Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) (Formerly Energy Regulatory Commission) allowing the Amosing temporary production facility to be fully operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OilNews Kenya has learnt that EPRA granted the required licenses in early May allowing the commissioning of the early production facility (EPF) installed by Dubai based Almansoori Petroleum Company at the Amosing temporary facility with crude oil in storage having been exhausted hence the decline in transported volumes over the last month. The EPF will be used for oil and water separation, stabilization, storage and export<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AlMansoori delivers facilities for the EOPS launch in Kenya. (Image source: AlMansoori)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Transportation of crude oil from\nthe South Lokichar basin by truck has to date evacuated 88000 barrels with\ntrucks continuing to be dispatched according to Kenya joint venture (Blocks\n10BB and 13T) partner Africa Oil. This is up from 70,000 barrels reported in February<\/a> but clearly a sign of a slowdown in\nevacuation with an average of 6000 barrels transported per month in the last\nquarter as compared to 10,000 barrels transported in January and 30,000 barrels\ntransported between November 2018<\/a> and January 2019<\/a> which has been attributed to\nlack of the regulatory approval earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project which commenced in\nJune 2018 with the launch by the President Uhuru Kenyatta is on track to the\nfirst lifting of sweet Kenyan crude oil stored in Mombasa is expected in the\nsecond half of 2019 with granting of regulatory approval and once the Amosing\ntemporary production facility is fully operational. According to Africa Oil\nthis will enable the partners escalate to the 2,000 bopd set by the KJV\npartners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pilot scheme is expected to\nhelp the country transition into full production which is expected in phases<\/a> a cost saving measure according\nto the joint venture as it will allow them to limit upfront capital expenditures\nwhile allowing a Kenyan export pipeline to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile the KJV further reports that they continue to\nnegotiate key commercial agreements with the Government of Kenya, expected\nto establish the commercial structure associated with field development. Upstream\nand midstream Front End Engineering and Design (“FEED”) studies\n(Blocks 10BB and 13T \u2013 Kenya) are being finalized and the Environmental\nand Social Impact Assessments (“ESIA”) remain on track for submission\nto the National Environmental Agency at the end of the second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Africa Oil has also reported that\nits intangible exploration expenditures during the three months\nended March 31, 2019 incurred were up to Kshs.1.3 billion up from Kshs.\n1.1 billion over the same period last year. Africa Oil attributes this to the\nCompany’s share of appraisal stage projects (Blocks 10BB and 13T \u2013 Kenya)\nand include expenditures related to the following activities: geological and\ngeophysical studies, development studies (including upstream and midstream\nFEEDs, land acquisition, ESIAs, water acquisition and subsurface reservoir\nstudies) and general and administrative costs incurred in relation the\nCompany’s Production Sharing Agreements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transportation of crude oil from the South Lokichar basin by truck is expected to normalize following the granting of regulatory approval from Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) (Formerly Energy … 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":true,"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":[4581,3234],"class_list":["post-7681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-esia","tag-feed","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-1ZT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6816,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/construction-crude-oil-early-production-facility-starts-turkana\/","url_meta":{"origin":7681,"position":0},"title":"Construction Of Crude Oil Early Production Facility Starts in Turkana","author":"","date":"February 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Dubai based Almansoori Petroleum Company has started the construction of an early Production Facility (EPF) at Amosing that will help block operator Tullow Oil\u00a0 start the production of oil in South Lokichar under the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) according to Ministry of Petroleum and Mining Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Top News"","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/EOPS-Early-Production-Facility-2.jpg?fit=534%2C401&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/EOPS-Early-Production-Facility-2.jpg?fit=534%2C401&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/EOPS-Early-Production-Facility-2.jpg?fit=534%2C401&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13518,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/egypt-chevron-brings-on-stream-gnn-oil-field-early-production-facility\/","url_meta":{"origin":7681,"position":1},"title":"EGYPT: Cheiron Brings on Stream GNN Oil Field Early Production Facility","author":"","date":"March 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Cheiron Energy has announced that the Early Production Facility (EPF) for the GNN oil field in the Gulf of Suez has been brought on stream. 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