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

CGG wins Airborne Gravity Gradiometer Survey over Two Areas Onshore Tanzania

Integrated Geoscience Company CGG has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) to acquire high-resolution gravity gradiometry and aeromagnetic data over two onshore … Read More

Ramboll To Carry-out Onshore Pipeline Study In Uganda

Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has awarded United Kingdom’s Ramboll a contract to conduct an early-phase study for the “Hoima–Kampala Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline” in Uganda, East Africa. … Read More