EGYPT: Stena Drilling Signs New Contract with Shell in the Mediterranean

Stena Drilling has signed a new contract with BG Delta and BG International subsidiaries of Shell for the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Stena Forth. The operations for Stena Forth in Egypt are due to commence in 2023 upon completion of … Read More

SOUTH AFRICA: BG New Operator at Transkei & Algoa after Farm-out Completion

Impact Oil & Gas has announced the completion of the previously announced farm-out transaction between its wholly-owned subsidiary, Impact Africa Limited, and BG International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of … Read More

Scotland’s Oil and Gas sector sets its sights on East Africa

With some of the largest offshore gas fields in the world, no local supply chain and an immediate and significant demand for skilled workers, East Africa creates significant opportunities for … Read More

Ophir Energy discovers 1.03TCF of gas in Tanzania’s Kamba and Fulusi prospects

Ophir Energy has  announced Kamba-1 well in Block 4 has resulted in gas discoveries of 1.03TCF in the Kamba and Fulusi prospects. The well was drilled by the Deepsea Metro … Read More

Scottish firms eye East African Oil and Gas sector

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] 15 firms have visited Kenya on a fact finding mission oh how the region is prepared for the oil and gas boom and to discover opportunities in the … Read More

Tanzania LNG plant site may be announced next week -minister

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story by Reuters Oil and gas firms working on a project to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Tanzania have picked a location, and the government has … Read More