Kenya cuts oil export target to 400,000 barrels per year

Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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That forecast is lower than this year’s shipment target of 500,000.

The government will focus on field development and construction of a crude pipeline, hence the cut in export plans.

The unfulfilled development and construction of the pipeline is expected to pile financial pressure on the government and its partner Tullow Oil.