Preview into Uganda’s Oil and Gas Sector
Uganda’s oil and gas sector has since the discovery of oil in 2006 transitioned from the exploration and appraisal phase to the development phase as the country prepares for sustainable … Read More
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Serious Fraud Office Opens Corruption investigations on Soma Oil and Gas in Somalia
United Kindgom’s Serious Fraud Office has confirmed that it has opened a criminal investigation into SOMA Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd, SOMA Oil & Gas Exploration Limited, SOMA Management Limited … Read More
Rosneft, ExxonMobil File Joint Bid for Mozambique 5th License Round
Rosneft and ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Mozambique Offshore Limited filed joint bids to participate in the fifth license round organized by the Republic of Mozambique Institute of National Petroleum (Instituto … Read More
Kenya, Uganda to commence oil production in mid 2020 – Tullow Oil
Kenya and Uganda could start producing oil three and a half years after project sanction expected by the end of 2016 according to the latest half year results by the … Read More
Tullow Oil, Africa Oil to Commence Drilling Block 12A Basin Opener in October
Block 12A joint venture partners Tullow Oil and Africa Oil have announced they will spud the Cheptuket exploration well in October to test a basin bounding structural closure in the … Read More
SkyPower Signs $2.2 Billion Agreement to Develop, Build 1 GW of Solar Energy Projects in Kenya
SkyPower, the world’s largest developer and owner of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects, signed a landmark agreement with the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum for the development of … Read More
SkyPower to Donate Two Million Home Solar Kits in Kenya
SkyPower, the world’s largest developer and owner of utility-scale solar projects, recently signed a landmark US $2.2 billion agreement with the Government of Kenya during the 6th annual Global Entrepreneurship … Read More
Uganda’s Licensing Round attracted right blend of oil companies – Energy Ministry
The Ugandan government has responded to claims that the last licensing round was unsuccessful by virtue of having attracted mainly small and medium exploration companies. According to Acting Principal Petroleum … Read More
Global Petroleum withdraws from its Juan de Nova Permit in the Mozambique Channel
Global Petroleum has provided an asset review on its Juan de Nova Permit in the Mozambique Channel announcing it is withdrawing from its application for an extension of the Permit in to the second … Read More
Rift Energy Hopeful of either Oil or Gas find in Kenya’s Block L19
Houston based Rift Energy says its preliminary resource reserve estimates for the top ten leads (including the four drill-ready prospects) says it is hopeful of encountering oil or gas when … Read More