Developing Capacity: OBG talks to Donald Mahaga, Chairman, Kenya Oil and Gas Association from The Report: Kenya 2016

Interview: Donald Mahaga  What are the largest challenges faced by producers in commercialising onshore finds in Kenya? DONALD MAHAGA: Although we are still quite a few years away from commercialisation in … Read More

Tullow Oil Commences FTG Surveys Over Kenya’s Blocks 12A, 12B

Full-Tensor Gravity (FTG) surveys have commenced over Block 12B in the Nyanza Graben and Block 12A over the Kerio Basin. The survey over Block 12B is expected to help gain further … Read More

Tullow Oil Receives 3 Year License Extension in Kenya’s Blocks 10BB, 13T

Tullow has announced it has reached an agreement with the Government of Kenya to extend the exploration period for Blocks 10BB and 13T in South Lokichar to 18 September 2020 … Read More

Golar, Schlumberger Form OneLNG Joint Venture to rapidly develop low cost gas reserves to LNG

Golar LNG Limited and Schlumberger have announced the creation of OneLNG℠, a joint venture to rapidly develop low cost gas reserves to LNG by combining Schlumberger’s reservoir knowledge, wellbore technologies … Read More

ONGC Videsh Sponsors Mozambique, South Sudan students to Study in India

A delegation of five students from Mozambique arrived recently in Delhi under the CSR initiative of ONGC Videsh to pursue a 5 year B. E. program in Petroleum Engineering at … Read More

$5.4M Disbursed Through Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project – Report

The Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project has disbursed $5.4M so far or 9.44% as of June 2016 according to the latest Implementation Status & Results Report by the World Bank … Read More

Simba Energy to drill well in Kenya’s Block 2A in Q4 2016

Canadian oil and gas explorer Simba Energy has said it expects to commence drilling operations in Kenya’s Block 2A (Wajir County) situated in the Anza and Mandera basin in the … Read More

New U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rules To Improve Transparency, Accountability – KCSPOG

The Kenya Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (KCSPOG) has welcomed the adoption of the new rules for resource extraction companies by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) … Read More