Africa Oil abandons dry wells in Kenya, Ethiopia
Canadian explorer Africa Oil has been forced to abandon drilling at one of its wells in Marsabit County and another in Ethiopia after failing to encounter any traces of oil … Read More
Tag: Kenya
Premier Oil Withdraw from PLC Block L10A in Kenya
Premier Oil has withdrawn from Block L10A offshore Kenya after a review into exploration activities. The FTSE 250 firm, which held a 20% equity stake in Block L10A, announced the decision … Read More
Oil & Gas Exploration Opportunities in Kenya
Kenya’s Petroleum potential is best depicted by the four large sized sedimentary basins that straddle the Country (sedimentary basins & exploration blocks map). These are Lamu, Anza, Mandera, and Tertiary … Read More
Where, or what, are the most exciting opportunities to be found today in Africa?
By Charles Gurdon, Managing Director, Menas Associates Africa currently, undoubtedly, provides the world’s most exciting oil sector investment opportunities but, to be more precise in terms of where and what … Read More
Kenya to shut down obsolete refinery
By Petroworld Kenya’s Government has confirmed that it plans to convert Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited’s refinery into a storage facility for imported products. The decision to shut down the country’s … Read More
Tullow hits dry well Ethiopia’s Tultule-1
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Tultule-1 wildcat well in the South Omo block onshore Ethiopia, has reached a total depth of 2,101 metres and will be plugged and abandoned … Read More
Africa Oil Q3 2013 Operations update – KENYA
The Company and its operating partners in the Kenyan blocks are actively exploring for oil as described below. Block 10BB Based on the very positive results at Ngamia-1 on Block … Read More
Tullow Oil to conduct well testing in Ethiopia
Story by KALEYESUS BEKELE – The British Oil company that is prospecting for oil in South Omo basin in South Ethiopia, Tullow Oil, is to conduct well testing in the second … Read More
Oil search gets boost with new drilling in Northern Kenya
By Business Daily – Canadian oil and gas explorer Africa Oil Corp awarded Weatherford International Ltd a contract for a drilling rig for an exploration well it plans to sink … Read More
Bowleven’s oil exploration survey in Kenya’s Block 11B encouraging
Bowleven plc an independent exploration and development company with interest in Kenya and Cameroon has announced that it a survey carried over block 11B shows positive signs. A communication from … Read More