Shell to Commence Exploration Drilling In Tanzania’s Blocks 1 and 4
Shell will in the coming weeks re-commence exploration drilling in Blocks 1 and 4 and a 2 well programme has already been agreed on at a cost of $20M according … Read More
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ONGC Videsh Sponsors Mozambique, South Sudan students to Study in India
A delegation of five students from Mozambique arrived recently in Delhi under the CSR initiative of ONGC Videsh to pursue a 5 year B. E. program in Petroleum Engineering at … Read More
BG Group opens 2016 Post-Graduate Scholarships for Tanzania
The annual BG Group scholarship that offers 10 scholarships each year to Tanzanian graduates to study for Masters of Science degrees for Geoscience and Engineering in UK universities has opened … Read More
Octant Energy To Purchase Afren Assets in Tanzania and Kenya
Canada-based oil and gas company Octant Energy Corp. has announced that it has entered into three agreements with subsidiary companies of cash strapped Afren PLC to acquire assets in the … Read More
Afren Receives 15 Month Extension in Kenya’s Block 1
The government of Kenya through the Ministry of Energy has granted Afren through its subsidiary East African Exploration (EAX) a 15 month extension to the current Second Additional Exploration Period … Read More
Tanzania to spend $6 million to acquire Lindi’s LNG terminal land
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
Shell set to make a major comeback in East Africa with acquisition of BG Group
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
Taipan Resources sues Afren for $10 million in damages in Kenya’s Block 1
Taipan Resources has announced that the Company’s Kenya based subsidiary Lion Petroleum Corp has commenced an arbitration action against East African Exploration (Kenya) Limited (EAX), a wholly owned subsidiary of … Read More
Taipan Resources Adjusts Estimated Prospective Resources on Kenya’s Block 1
Taipan Resources has announced that an independent assessment of the Company’s prospective resources on Block 1, northern Kenya has been completed by RPS Energy in the United Kingdom raising the total gross … Read More
Afren plans 2D seismic in H2 2014 in Kenya’s block 1
Afren plans to carry a 290 km 2D seismic in block 1 as it prepares to drill an exploration well late 2015. The block which is located in Kenya’s north … Read More