Somalia commissions onshore oil surveys
Story by Bloomberg Somalia is conducting offshore surveys in hopes of attracting explorers including Royal Dutch Shell Plc two decades after the outbreak of a bloody civil war drove foreign … Read More
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Tullow Oil pioneers in publishing extractive industry transparency report
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] In 2012, Tullow generated sales revenue of $2.3 billion. Governments received $573 million in taxes, royalties and other payments and over three million barrels of oil in relation … Read More
COFEK question National Oil, Western Geco contract to store Kenya Oil Data
As posted by the consumer federation of Kenya on their website In the MOU between NOCK and Western Geco Section 2-2.2 NOCK has granted Western Geco exclusive rights to acquire … Read More
Kenya’s senate wants proposed refinery site changed
Kenyan senators have voiced their opposition on the proposed oil refinery site in Isiolo saying it should be located at any county bordering the sea. The former government had come … Read More
Challenges of having an oil exploration license in Somalia
DNO of Norway currently holds a production sharing contract in Block SL-18 following the signing of an agreement with the republic of Somaliland in April last year. In a country … Read More
Uganda raises troop levels in Oil rich region
Uganda’s Inspector General of police has ordered the deployment of both covert and overt troops in the Albertine region especially in an area set for the building of the country’s … Read More
Why lobby group wants National Oil Chairman, MD fired
Kenya’s biggest consumer lobby group the Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) is drumming support from members of the public asking them to sign a petition to the president to dismiss … Read More
East African lawyers attend training in negotiation and transaction agreements in Oil & Gas sector
Experts have warned that the lack of skills when negotiating transactions and drafting agreements with international oil companies in relation to the extractive industry could cost east African countries leaving … Read More
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
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