Erin Energy Seeks First Exploration Extension Period on Kenya’s Block L1B and L16

Erin Energy formerly CAMAC Energy has said met with the government of Kenya and has requested approval to move into the first exploration extension period on blocks L1b and L16 having completed … Read More

Second Local Content Convention set for June in Nairobi

The second local content convention will be held from the 16th-19th June in Nairobi bringing together local and international players in the oil and gas industry with the objective of … 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

Rift Energy identifies 5 drillable targets within Kenya’s Block L19

Rift Energy Corp has confirmed it has identified five drillable prospects and at least 21 leads within Block L19 in Kenya. This follows completion of the interpreting or mapping phase … Read More

Far Ltd receives term extension in Kenya’s Block L6

Australian explorer Far Ltd has announced that it has received a 1 year extension in the PSC term of Block L6 after the company delayed planned activities Government of Kenya … Read More

Vanoil Energy to proceed with arbitration after loss of Kenyan blocks 3A and 3B

Vanoil Energy has provided an update on the ongoing negotiations with the Kenyan Government with respect to the extension of Vanoil’s Production Sharing Contracts over Block 3A and Block 3B, … Read More

East African crude oil pipeline construction an ‘emergency project’

The Kenyan government has announced that the construction of its 800km pipeline  part of the 1300 kilometer Uganda-Kenya pipeline will be classified as an emergency project. The entire pipeline which … Read More

East Africa’s oil pipeline consultant bid to be advertised by July

The Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan oil pipeline consultancy bid advertisement is expected   to be out in the next two to three weeks according to Kenya’s ministry of energy. The pipeline … Read More

Kenya to host its first local content conference in the oil and gas industry

Nairobi will next month host the first conference and exhibition that seeks to stir debate on local content in the upstream oil and gas industry in the Eastern Africa region. … Read More