Plans for a pilot production test in Q4 2017
The early oil pilot scheme (EOPS) agreement between the Kenya joint venture and the government of Kenya was signed on March 14, 2017, allowing all EOPS upstream contracts to be awarded. The first stage of the EOPS will be the evacuation of the stored crude oil, which was produced during extended well testing in 2015, to Mombasa by road. This will be followed by EOPS production of 2,000 barrels of oil per day in the fourth quarter of 2017. The EOPS will provide important information which will assist in full field development planning.