From Oil Field to Football Field: Why Are So Many World Cup Contenders Resource-Dependent?

Source: resourcegovernance.org Qatar’s alleged plot to “buy” the 2022 World Cup has been making global news recently, with salacious stories of bribes paid to African and South American FIFA officials and deals to exchange natural … Read More

Nairobi gets its first oil industry dedicated office building

Global oil companies in Kenya can now share an office block following the launch of the Nexgen Petro center by the principal secretary for energy yesterday. The Petro Center developed … 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

Uganda Refinery lead advisor expected to be known by July 2014

Uganda has received detailed proposals for the role of lead investor for the development of 60,000 barrels per day oil refinery in Hoima. The proposals submitted by four of six … Read More

Smaller firms will lead East Africa’s oil and gas development

Source: Reuters Smaller oil explorers willing to take financial and operational risks will lead the development of East Africa’s oil and gas industry as majors ditch riskier projects as margins … Read More

SOCO International, WWF reach deal on controversial Virunga National Park

SOCO International plc (SOCO) has agreed with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in a joint statement to commit not to undertake or commission any exploratory or other drilling within Virunga … Read More

East Africa LNG projects likely to face delays

LNG production in Tanzania and Mozambique along the East African coast is likely to face delays despite huge finds due to high cost of production, difficulty in access to financing … Read More