Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has announced that Kenya will earn KSh 135 billion from crude oil sales in the South Lokichar Basin, Turkana County, under the proposed Field Development Plan (FDP) for Blocks T6 and T7. The announcement came during a session with the parliamentary committee on energy and the Senate Standing Committee. The CS clarified earlier revenue figures, noting they focused only on the government's profit share and excluded other income streams such as surface fees and training levies.
Opiyo Wandayi, the Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary, made this announcement on February 13, 2026, while clarifying earlier energy revenue reports submitted to Parliament. In the recent submission to Parliament on revenue sharing, it was indicated that the Government’s profit share is USD 864.48 million, equivalent to KSh 112.38 billion, the CS stated. This figure did not include other revenue streams such as surface fees and training levies.
The Field Development Plan (FDP) projects total government revenue at about KSh 135 billion when all revenue streams are accounted for, including profit share and other contractual earnings tied to the Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs).
On the issue of revenue, the CS emphasized that it would be allocated in accordance with Section 58 of the Petroleum Act, with shares to the National Government, Turkana County Government, and the local community.
Prior to the FDP, the government had the Long-term Petroleum Development Plan, which aimed to eliminate recurring supply constraints by forecasting national demand trends to prevent future shortages, while mapping out the infrastructure required to meet projected consumption at the lowest possible cost. The plan identified critical investments in pipelines, storage depots, and refining capacity, alongside measures to strengthen technical expertise and human resource capacity across the supply chain. It also offered strategic cost estimates to guide both public and private sector participation in infrastructure development.
The switch from the Long-term Petroleum Development Plan to the FDP represents a transition from the exploration of resources to the commercialisation of resources. This shift was also in line with President Ruto’s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda, which focuses on accelerating the commercialisation of the Turkana oil deposits.
