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Samples of natural gas that was recently discovered Kajiado County have been taken to the United States, where laboratory tests will be conducted to establish if the gas is safe for extraction.
Government-owned National Oil said that initial investigations indicate that the area has gas deposits and has contracted American oil and gas firm Weatherford to examine the samples, which could clear the way for drilling should tests confirm its viability.
“We did the seismic or geological x-ray last week and generated data that is being taken to foreign labs for analysis and interpretation,” Petroleum principal secretary Andrew Kamau said.
The US firm has been instructed to examine the nature of the gas, quantity available and a possible existence of oil deposits in the area the gas was discovered.
The gas was found by workers contracted to sink a borehole by a farmer in Kajiado. This comes after deposits of natural gas were discovered in Hadado, Wajir county, although its extraction is yet to start.
“National Oil is arranging for shipment of some more samples to other internationally accredited geochemical laboratories, for purposes of undertaking isotope analysis to determine the source of the gas,” the company said in a statement.
“Such facilities are currently unavailable locally. However, National Oil is in the process of setting up a specialised laboratory that will allow us to conduct such tests and other more complex analyses.”
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how comes they cannot do it in Kenya. we have to wonder what quality we are using in our houses
@Wambui Karago, because highly skilled Kenyans opt to take their skills elsewhere instead on investing back home. I dare say that is why we have hooligans controlling Kenya right now as the learned, intelligent ones have taken flight and being used in foreign countries. Not rocked science now, is it?
You are right on the money,SUKARI.As I have said elsewhere, where are our technocrats?
The reason that there is not such lab is Kenya is because there is no local staff to man it.
How complex can it be anyway,to analyze gas...?I ask Nairobi University students.Can what is larking be shipped next week,month...?I assume we have brains to do the analysis.Yes we need made by Kenyans for kenyans,that's how we increase local job market.
Plz do not contact wazungu with blue eyes....they wont react quickly nor will they have positive feedback......Chinese is way foward......look Sudan and TZ and other nations achieved lots thru china...