Uganda refutes delaying oil production
Uganda has said it is only taking the necessary precautionary measures to get out the best from the Uganda’s oil industry but not intentionally delaying production as alleged by Tullow … Read More
Author: Samuel Kamau Mbote
Nestlé expects ‘major growth’ in Kenya when oil starts flowing
Story by HowWeMadeitinAfrica Swiss food and beverage multinational Nestlé is expecting “major growth” in the Kenyan market in five years when recent discoveries of oil begin to flow. Nestlé Kenya … Read More
Tanzania Oil and Gas Markets Outlook
Tanzania Oil and Gas Markets Outlook to 2025 provides comprehensive analysis and forecasts of the Tanzania oil and gas market between 2000 and 2025. Covering the entire value chain of … Read More
Swala Energy farms out block 12B, secures funding for multi-well drilling program
Australian oil and gas company Swala Energy Limited has announced the signing of a binding farm-out agreement for a 25% working interest in Block 12B (Kenya) with an international integrated oil and … Read More
Somaliland government and Oil companies discuss ways to accelerate oil exploration
Story by Somaliland press Somaliland government officials led by the Minister of Energy and Minerals Hon. Hussein Abdi Dualeh and the representatives of four international oil companies namely Genel ,DNO,RAK … Read More
Will oil bring promise or peril to the communities of Turkana, Kenya?
Story by Oxfam America Oil companies and Kenyan civil society groups debate the future of the region. How does an oil company engage with communities effectively when these communities have … Read More
Taipan completes 2D seismic in Kenya’s Badada prospect
Taipan Resources Inc has reported that an additional 196.2 km 2D seismic survey on Block 2B onshore Kenya has been completed, confirming robust closure at the Badada prospect, formerly known as the Pearl … Read More
Can Uganda’s National Enviromental Management Authority Police Oil Companies?
Story by The Observer An investigation by The Observer has revealed that oil companies engage small and unlicensed companies to transport and dump oil waste, as a means of cutting … Read More
East Africa Community lawyers and dons to get training on extractive sector law formulation
The East African Development Bank will from next week train senior policy makers in the East African Community in the extractive sector with the aim of improving the negotiation and … Read More
Tanzania to Review Gas-Drilling Deals
All contracts held by oil and gas exploration companies in Tanzania will be reviewed at the end of the year as the country revamps laws regulating the sector that has … Read More