Suspended National Oil Corporation of Kenya CEO Reinstated

Suspended national oil chief executive and managing director Sumayya Hassan-Athmani has been reinstated according to deputy president William Ruto as an audit of the state agency continues. The chief executive … Read More

Orca Exploration completes offshore workover & drilling program phase at Songo Songo

Orca Exploration Group Inc announces the successful completion of its offshore workover and drilling program and the release of the Paragon M826 mobile drilling workover rig from the Songo Songo … Read More

How my discovery of crude oil in Turkana County was stolen

Source: standardmedia.co.ke At the tail end of a rather colourless state function, Kenya’s third president announced that the country had struck gold – a rich vein of black gold that would … Read More

Total Commences 2D Seismic Data Acquisition, Block III, Albertine Graben, DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo Block III operator Total E&P has announced he has commenced with the acquisition of a 2D seismic survey following the granting of a two-year extension to … Read More

Conference On The Role Of Academia In East Africa’s Extractive Sector Kicks off at Strathmore University

Strathmore University will host academia, government, civil society and players in the private sector nationally and regionally today  to discuss explore how the oil and gas industry can form partnerships … Read More

Ormat Announces Commercial Operation of Plant 4 in Olkaria III in Kenya, Expanding Complex Capacity to Nearly 140 MW

Ormat Technologies has announced that it reached commercial operation of Plant 4 in the Olkaria III complex in Kenya, increasing the complex total generating capacity by 29 MW to 139 … Read More