Sudan, South mull joint oil protection force
Story by AFP Sudan and South Sudan agreed Monday during a visit to Juba by President Omar al-Bashir to consider setting up a joint force to protect vital oilfields, his … Read More
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Story by AFP Sudan and South Sudan agreed Monday during a visit to Juba by President Omar al-Bashir to consider setting up a joint force to protect vital oilfields, his … Read More
The Songo Songo gas field is located on and offshore Songo Songo island, about 15km from the Tanzanian mainland and 200km south of the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. The … Read More
Story by The EastAfrican:- Sovereign wealth funds are fast becoming the “must-have” for any natural resource-exporting country, and for any country hoping to commercialise reserves of oil, gas or minerals … Read More
Ophir Energy plc has announced that drilling operations have now concluded on the Mlinzi Mbali-1 well in Block 7*, Tanzania. Ophir has an 80% net interest. The well was located … Read More
The fact that a 40% drilling success rate marks out 2013 as one of BP’s best years for exploration in decades reflects the kind of glass-half-full attitude hardy oil investors must … Read More
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story by The National Hayaat Group, an Abu Dhabi-based investor, has bought a minority stake in an East African oil explorer for A$3.3 million (Dh10.8m). It acquired a … Read More
Oil demand in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) grew by a massive five per cent year on year between 2011 and 2012, outstripping both China and India, new data from African energy … Read More
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story by Reuters China National Petroleum Company, a main oil investor in South Sudan, is evacuating oil workers to the capital, Juba, amid continued fighting in the world’s … Read More
The East African region is now focus of the world as it joins the league of oil producing countries with over 1.6 billion barrels discovered in Uganda and Kenya with … Read More
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Wood Mackenzie’s latest upstream analysis asserts that the proposed 1,400 kilometre (km) pipeline, from central Uganda to Lamu on Kenya’s east coast, is vital in order to realise … Read More