Kenya says committed to starting work on oil export pipeline in 2020

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Kampala-Construction of an oil pipeline from Kenya’s Lokichar fields to the port of Lamu is on track to start in 2020 after completion of the environment impact assessment and major projects at the Lamu Port- South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET). Despite a recently announced delay to the final investment decision on the project by lead developer Tullow Oil to 2020, Andrew Kamau, the principal secretary at Kenya’s energy ministry, said Wednesday that construction was scheduled to start in the same year and Kenya was close to agreement with the financiers of the pipeline project.