Oil deepens rifts in East Africa
Story by The National In recent years, oil and gas discoveries have established east Africa as one of the world’s most promising frontiers. While the full scale of natural resources … Read More
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Uganda Gov’t adopts horizontal drilling method for its oil
Uganda has adopted the horizontal oil drilling method as a way to reduce impact on the environment and wildlife in the environmentally sensitive Albertine graben. Commercial deposits of oil, which … Read More
Kenya’s new energy bill delayed by 6 months
Kenya will have to wait a little bit longer before it can have a new energy bill that will regulate the petroleum sector with the Bill not expected in parliament … Read More
Simba Energy strikes new farm-out for Kenya block 2A
Canadian oil explorer Simba Energy has a signed letter of intent for a new farm-out of Block 2A, onshore Kenya. The deal with a private Calgary-based company will see Simba selling up … Read More
Government suspends all land deals in Kenya’s oil rich region
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] All land transactions in the Kerio Valley region where oil exploration is ongoing in Kenya have been suspended till the country’s land commission comes into office. According to … Read More
Civicon Kenya secures Tullow Oil contract for roads and airstrips in Turkana
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’]Story by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation – Civicon Engineering Company (part of TransCentury group) has signed a two year deal with British Oil Company Tullow Oil mandated to explore oil … Read More
Tullow Oil’s international scholarship awards to boost mining sector
10 scholars from Kenya have received the Tullow Group Scholarships and are already in the process of selecting their universities of choice in the UK for further studies. The Tullow … 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
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