Uganda to train 600 students on oil and gas
The Ugandan government will award 600 scholarships to students from the resource rich Albertine region to train students in oil and gas courses following $28 million loan from the World … Read More
Author: Samuel Kamau Mbote
Mozambique and Tanzania sign MoU to cooperate in hydrocarbon sector
The Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and The Mozambique National Petroleum Institute (INP have signed a memorandum of understanding that will enable both eastern African countries partner in issues related … Read More
LNG from East Africa – how the odds are stacked
Story by lexology.com How much gas? Vast amounts. Mozambique alone is estimated to have gas reserves of up to 150 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and Tanzania potentially as much as 50 … Read More
Swala Energy completes 2D seismic in Kenya’s Block 12B
Swala Energy has announced the completion and preliminary interpretation of its 2D seismic programme in Block 12B in Kenya and says the results were positive. Data from the seismic acquisition … Read More
National Oil to start 3D seismic in Kenya’s Block 14T
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] National Oil Corporation the operator of Block 14T will start the acquisition of 100 square kilometers in the northern basin after the integration of data acquired in a … Read More
More Oil blocks expected to be relinquished in 2014/15 – Experts
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] More companies are expected to lose their blocks in Kenya as a result of relinquishments in the coming months. This is in compliance to their production sharing contracts that … Read More
Kenya power industry convenction set for September
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] “There are huge opportunities in power generation because of the demand in the region,” says Engineer Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary at Kenya’s Ministry of Energy & Petroleum. The … Read More
Government to push for a consolidated local content legislation
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The government has announced that it will be shelving proposals to have local content inclusions into the energy and mining bill which are set to be debated in … Read More
Rift Energy Corp. completes 2D Seismic on Kenya’s Block L19
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Rift Energy has announced the completion of its 2D Seismic Program covering 724 line kilometers on Block L19 in Kenya . Preliminary results of the 2D Seismic Program according … Read More
National Oil Corporation to back in Blocks 10BB and 13T
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The National oil corporation of Kenya will exercise its right to back in 2 blocks in North Western Kenya that have already yielded successful results namely Block 10BB … Read More