Oil found in Kenya for the first time

[cybrsage]

Kenya's president announced Monday that oil has been discovered in his East African nation for the first time, and a foreign oil firm said the find is similar to the light, waxy crude previously discovered in neighboring Uganda.
President Mwai Kibaki cautioned that commercial viability of the oil find in the northwest Turkana region is still uncertain, but he welcomed the news. The discovery was made over the weekend.


"This is the first time Kenya has made such a discovery and it is very good news for our country," Kibaki said. "It is however the beginning of a long journey to make our country an oil producer, which typically takes in excess of three years."
Tullow Oil -- which is carrying out oil exploration in the region -- said that 20 meters (about 65 feet) of net oil pay was discovered at a site called Ngamia-1 in Kenya's Turkana County.
Tullow's exploration director, Angus McCoss, called the discovery an "excellent start" to Tullow's exploration campaign in the rift basins of Kenya and Ethiopia.
"To make a good oil discovery in our first well is beyond our expectations and bodes well for the material program ahead of us," McCoss said in a statement, adding that the firm is working with Kenya's government and plans on further seismic and drilling activities.

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At first blush, this is good news...but on the other hand, should they start preparing for an invasion?

 

[sdifox]

I guess that is where the 10th cav is going next?

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[nonlnear]

At first blush, this is good news...but on the other hand, should they start preparing for an invasion?

As long as they insist on payment in dollars, they will not be found to be part of the axis of evil - or terror, or whatever the mot du jour is...

 

[Shaydza]

Doubt it. I live in South Africa and I can without a doubt say Kenya isn't any kind of rogue nation.

Nobody trying to build nukes there or trying to spread their religion with bombs just a country full of people eager to get on with their lives.

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[KB]

My guess is we will find Joseph Kony there and will be saving the children within the year. Oil is actually a curse, unless you treat it as Norway has.


http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/09/06/140110346/how-to-avoid-the-oil-curse

 

[monovillage]

My guess is we will find Joseph Kony there and will be saving the children within the year. Oil is actually a curse, unless you treat it as Norway has.


http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/09/06/140110346/how-to-avoid-the-oil-curse

Yes it's horrible, i've had the curse of being very good looking and I agree with what NPR says about the curse of natural resources.

 

[momeNt]

As long as they insist on payment in dollars, they will not be found to be part of the axis of evil - or terror, or whatever the mot du jour is...

This.

It went from Dollar Diplomacy to War on Terror when Saddam Hussein stopped drinking the kool-aid.

 

[Ausm]

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/0...for-first-time/?test=latestnews#ixzz1qEgUN6I7

At first blush, this is good news...but on the other hand, should they start preparing for an invasion?

They wouldn't have to worry about us invading because our President is a citizen of theirs.

 

[cybrsage]

The wouldn't have to worry about us invading because our President is a citizen of theirs.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. But since the oil fields will take a few years to bring into action, and Obama will lose the next election to a republican, should they be worried about a revenge attack? Or maybe an attack so we can rifle their birth records to find Obama's REAL birth certificate?

 

[momeNt]

They wouldn't have to worry about us invading because our President is a citizen of theirs.

USA not invading during Obama's second term would be proof he actually is a Kenyan citizen.

Then again if he invades that's also proof, because his real birth certificate would probably be destroyed in the attacks, and his whole reason for invading would be so he wouldn't look like a Kenyan citizen by destroying his homeland.

So the above is basically proof that the birther movement was actually spot on.

 

[Broheim]

My guess is we will find Joseph Kony there and will be saving the children within the year. Oil is actually a curse, unless you treat it as Norway has.


http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/09/06/140110346/how-to-avoid-the-oil-curse

goddamn norwegian fellmonkeys stole some of my oil