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eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 11:01 AM Mar 2012

Kenya oil discovery after Tullow Oil drilling (BBC)

Oil has been discovered in Kenya after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, President Mwai Kibaki has said.

The discovery was made in the country's north-western Turkana region.

Mr Kibaki said it was "the first time Kenya has made such a discovery" and called it a "major breakthrough".

Kenya is a regional business and tourist hub with the largest economy in East Africa, although its relative wealth is not based on mineral riches.

The Kenyan president said Tullow would drill more wells to establish the commercial viability of the oil.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17513488




Oh, Freepers are gonna love this. How are we gonna invade Kenya and take its oil when our President is a Kenyan antilcolonialist Marxist ? If we take over, he'll just declare himself King of Kenya !

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