Universal Pegasus International seeks to increase presence in East Africa

Universal Pegasus International (UPI), a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries which is participating in the 2015 East Africa Trade Mission to Mozambique and Tanzania says it aims to increase UPI’s … Read More

Strathmore Extractives Industry Center to offer Executive Courses in Oil and Gas

Strathmore University’s Extractives Industry Center will next week offer a five day Executive Oil and Gas Course aimed at developing local capacity by enhancing the knowledge in the extractives industry … Read More

Future drilling in Kenya’s block 2B unlikely without a farm-out

Following the disappointment at the Badada-1 well in Block 2B in February the joint venture partners led by Tower Resources who says it expects no significant expenditure in 2015 with … Read More

Schlumberger Launches Two New Ultrahigh-Temperature Drilling Technologies

Schlumberger has the launch of TeleScope ICE* ultrahigh-temperature measurements-while-drilling service and PowerDrive ICE* ultrahigh-temperature rotary steerable system (RSS) that enable standard drilling operations in reservoirs with extreme temperatures, expanding the … Read More

Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme Applications set to close in two weeks

Tullow Oil’s application process for the 2015/16 Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme that opened in mid February is set to close on 31 March 2015. Scholarships are available to post graduates … 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

Energy sector Communications and IT services force created with SpeedCast International acquisition of Hermes Datacommunications

Leading global satellite communications service provider SpeedCast International Limited has announced it has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Hermes Datacommunications International Ltd a leading global provider of … Read More

Aminex receives deferral of a two well drilling commitment on the Nyuni Area PSA in Tanzania

Aminex  has notified shareholders that the Tanzanian authorities have agreed to the deferral of a two well drilling commitment on the Nyuni Area PSA, which was due to be completed … Read More