Infrastructure, regulatory uncertainty and corruption remain hurdles in Africa’s oil & gas sector – PwC Review

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The challenges facing oil & gas companies operating in Africa continue to be diverse and numerous fuelled by fraud, corruption, theft, poor infrastructure and a lack of skilled … Read More

How Can Ugandans Benefit from an Oil Windfall? Policy Options to Manage Petroleum Revenues

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Courtesy of resourcegovernance.org Uganda is on the path to becoming a significant oil producer in the next decade, with production potentially reaching over 200,000 barrels per day. Under the right … Read More

Somaliland oil explorations delayed as companies await Oil Protection Unit

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Sterling energy which has operations in the Odewayne block has said it has halted its operations in the horn of African country until the country establishes an oil … Read More

Vanoil Energy to proceed with arbitration after loss of Kenyan blocks 3A and 3B

Vanoil Energy has provided an update on the ongoing negotiations with the Kenyan Government with respect to the extension of Vanoil’s Production Sharing Contracts over Block 3A and Block 3B, … Read More

TPDC dismisses claims Tanzania will lose $1billion annually from gas sales

The Tanzania Petroleum development corporation (TPDC) has dismissed a leaked document that shows that the East African country will lose $1 billion annually under a production sharing agreement between TPDC, … Read More

Exploration activity not fuelling conflict in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region – Africa Oil

Africa Oil Statement on Ethiopia Following recent media focus on Africa Oil’s presence in Ethiopia, the company would like to make the following statement to clarify the actual situation on … 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

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