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U.S explorer and world’s largest public listed oil and gas company Exxon Mobil is reported to be ditching Tanzania for neighboring Mozambique according to a report by Reuters citing three … Read More
Block 2 Statoil operator plans to drill one-well drilling program offshore Tanzania in Q1 2018 and has already contracted Ocen Rig an international contractor of offshore deep water drilling services. … Read More
Shell and its joint venture partners, Pavilion Energy and Ophir Energy have announced the start of its drilling programme covering two wells in Block 1 and 4, located in the … Read More
The Tanzanian government has said it plans to spend $6 million in the fiscal year 2015/16 of acquire land for the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal raising hopes … Read More
Rumors are rife that Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum are eyeing Anadarko’s Mozambique assets in what is set to become another big acquisition after the major acquisition following that by … Read More
The announced offer of acquisition of the BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell in a deal expected to be in excess of $70 billion could several blocks offshore East Africa … Read More
Statoil has announced that the Mdalasini-1 exploration well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania encountering an additional 1.0-1.8 trillion cubic feet (tcf*) of natural gas in … Read More
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Statoil has confirmed the appointment of Eldar Sætre as new CEO after four months as acting as president and CEO. Sætre who has 35 years’ experience from Statoil … Read More
Statoil and co-venturer Exxon Mobil have announced that the Giligiliani-1 exploration well has resulted in a new natural gas discovery offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional 1.2 trillion cubic … Read More
The Ugandan government has repossessed the Ngassa oilfield from British explorer Tullow Oil after the company failed to keep up with the appraisal schedule and the East African country failed … Read More
