East Africa’s Oil Industry: A New Story in the Making

The recent acquisition by Total of Tullow Oil’s entire interests in the Lake Albert Development Project in Uganda, including the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, marks the beginning of a … Read More

African Development Bank approves $400 million to support Mozambique’s ambition to become global Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) player

The African Development Bank Group has approved a long-term Senior Loan of $400 million to support the building of an integrated Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant, including a liquifaction facility … Read More

Prestigious Upstream Oil And Gas Awards Launched

Leading figures in the upstream oil and gas value chain are giving their full support to The Upstream Oil and Gas Awards, a prestigious new national celebration of achievement and … Read More

Nairobi Set To Host Forum To Address Gender Gap In The Energy And Extractives Sector

Nairobi has been picked alongside other global cities to host the 2nd HERWorld Energy Forum. A global think tank that seeks to address the gender gap in the energy and extractives … Read More

Shell To Commence Frontier Seeps Survey in Blocks L10A, L10B Offshore Kenya

Shell/BG Kenya have awarded Fugro a contract for the execution of a seabed survey to detect natural leakages of hydrocarbons in their operated blocks in Kenya namely block L10A and L10B. The … Read More

Zarara’s Pate 2 well on schedule to spud in April 2017

Plans to drill the Pate 2 well in Kenya’s Lamu basin’s block L4 are on course with well designing by Norwell Engineering currently ongoing according to Zarara Oil and Gas … Read More

Kenya’s Onshore Upstream Sector Set to Pick Up in 2017

Upstream activity in Kenya is expected to re-surge after hitting a low in 2016 in the backdrop of low oil prices that shut down offshore activity and left the onshore … Read More