Piracy could threaten Mozambique’s Gas exploration and production

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] A professor at the Aquino de Braganca Centre for Social Studies in Maputo Joao Paulo Coelho has warned Somali pirates could be a cause for maritime security off … Read More

Apache, Midstates Petroleum join well data sharing consortium

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story Courtesy of Rushmore Reviews Apache Corp and Midstates Petroleum are the latest of a series of Operators to start sharing key performance data on the drilling, completions … Read More

Altaaqa Global Opens East Africa Office

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The new Nairobi office will serve as a hub for Altaaqa Global’s sales and operations in the East Africa region Dubai-based Altaaqa Global CAT Rental Power, a global … Read More

Seychelles signs final approval for WHL farmout to Ophir Energy

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Australian energy company WHL Energy has announced that the Republic of the Seychelles has signed formal documentation approving Ophir Energy’s previously reported* farm-in to WHL Energy’s large offshore Seychelles exploration position. Under … Read More

Exploration in Kenya’s Block L10A to continue as Sunbird-1 analysis continue

JV partner Pancontinental Oil and Gas has advised that the BG Group-operated Sunbird-1 well off the southern Kenyan coast has been completed and the well has intersected a hydrocarbon-bearing zone in the top of the … Read More

Kenya’s National Oil Company suspends oil exploration in Block 14T

Oil exploration exercises in Block 14T in Kajiado County which borders Kenya’s capital city Nairobi have been suspended after the county government accused national oil of not involving the local … Read More