NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica’s 6-1 Well Confirms a Working Petroleum System in the Kavango Sedimentary Basin

Reconnaissance Energy Africa  has announced it has set intermediate casing and reports geologic results in the first section of this second well (6-1), which again confirms a working petroleum system … Read More

The African Legal Support Facility receives 5 million euro from KfW

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and the KfW Development Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which provides modalities for cooperation between them, including a € 5-million KfW … Read More

A Landscape Evaluation of Oil Governance in Uganda and Kenya (Synopsis)

Background For nearly a decade, East Africa’s Rift system has been one of the most prospected oil and natural gas regions in the world, with exploration activity stretching from the … Read More

Tullow Oil pioneers in publishing extractive industry transparency report

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] In 2012, Tullow generated sales revenue of $2.3 billion. Governments received $573 million in taxes, royalties and other payments and over three million barrels of oil in relation … Read More