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

Swala Energy announces progress in its planned farm in East African assets

Swala Energy Limited has announced that, following the completion on the 31st March 2015 of the strategic review process managed by FirstEnergy Capital LLP, the Company has received a number … Read More

Nairobi Oil and Gas Club holds inaugural meeting

The Nairobi Oil and Gas club yesterday held its first meeting bringing together close to 50 professionals and investors in the upstream sector in Kenya. According to the organizers the … Read More

Atlas Development & Support Services Expands into North Africa

Kenyan headquartered  and listed African focussed support services and logistics company Atlas Development  has announce that it has been engaged to provide civil engineering supervisory, advanced life support, security and … Read More

Anadarko drilling in Kenya’s Block L11A eagerly awaited by other offshore explorers

The planned of the Mlima well drilling by Anadarko in Block L11A offshore is being watched closely by partners in other blocks especially as the block is adjacent block L10B … Read More

One on One interview with Malcolm Steyn General Manager for Oil & Gas at Freight Forwarders Kenya Group

How has the logistics industry changed the discovery of oil in Kenya and Uganda as well as Natural Gas in Tanzania? The regional logistics landscape has undergone significant changes due … 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

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