Kenya Could Delay Signing LNG Import Deal With Qatar

Kenya will most likely delay signing LNG import deal with Qatar following the discovery of gas in the country, reported Business Daily, a local newspaper.

The energy ministry says the July discovery of commercially viable gas in Wajir has slowed down the deal with Qatar for the supply of one million metric tonnes per annum of LNG to power a 700-megawatt gas plant in Mombasa, the newspaper added.

Last April the Kenya Pipeline Company signed a non-disclosure agreement with Qatar Gas for supply of fuel.

“We have to be careful not to rush. You don’t want to commit yourself say for 10 years and find you have your own gas which you can’t find market for,” Energy secretary Davis Chirchir told the Business Daily.

East Africa focused Canadian firm Africa Oil Corp. made a gas discovery in Block 9 onshore Kenya in July last year.