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    Daily Nation: Lack of Law Delays Oil, Gas Exploration Permits (Kenya)

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Daily Nation's Immaculate Karambu writes that a lack of proper governance of upstream operators has delayed the issuance of new licences in Kenya for 3 years

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

Daily Nation: Lack of Law Delays Oil, Gas Exploration Permits (Kenya)

New licences for oil and gas exploration [in Kenya] have not been issued because of lack of a current law to govern operations in the upstream petroleum sector.

The delay in revision of the current laws has stalled issuance of new licences for close to three years now, even as local exploration blocks continue to attract increased interest from international oil and gas companies due to crude discoveries.

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