Tullow Oil will drill the first exploration well in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County, during the first quarter of next year.
The company had earlier indicated that it would drill the Cheptuket-1 well towards the end of this year.
The well will be drilled on block 12A, where Tullow has 65 per cent interest, its partner Africa Oil Corporation of Canada has 20 per cent stake while Marathon Oil controls 15 per cent.
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