Turkana Oil Field (Kenya)

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Turkana Oil Field is a discovered oil field in Kenya.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Turkana Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Turkana	Discovered	Tullow	Tullow (100.0%)	2012	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Turkana Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
oil	2C	560	million bbl	2021

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Turkana Oil Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Unknown, Kenya	2.9548, 35.8464 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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