Otto Energy in Legal Suit with Swala Energy over Tanzania’s Pangani Licence

Swala Energy Limited has said it has been served notice by lawyers acting on behalf of Otto Energy Limited that Otto has commenced a legal action against the Company, Swala … Read More

Kenya to auction 17 new Oil Exploration Blocks in 2017

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has in a gazette notice said it has created an additional 17 new exploration blocks to the existing 46 blocks that had earlier been … Read More

Summary on Kenya’s Petroleum Bill 2015, The Associated Model Production Sharing Contract(PSC)Bill 2015

By Berryl Claire Asiago Part 1: Kenya’s recent discovery of oil and gas should accelerate and contribute enormously to the achievement of national objectives, provided that proper policies, laws and … Read More

Majority of Petroleum Rights Holding Companies in Kenya Incorporated in Tax Havens

A report by Oxfam dubbed The Use of Tax Havens in the Ownership of Kenyan Petroleum Rights shows that all but five companies that hold petroleum exploration rights have at … Read More

An Analysis of the Petroleum Bill 2015, Model PSC

Source: Oxfam The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill, 2015 and associated model production sharing contract (PSC) are currently in the final stages of Parliamentary review. The development of a … Read More

Breakdown of 2C Oil Resources Increase in South Lokichar Basin

Africa Oil has announced that an independent assessment of the Company’s Contingent Resources in the South Lokichar Basin located in Blocks 10BB and 13T in Kenya has been completed by … Read More

Richmond Energy Partners publishes 2016 State of Exploration Report

Richmond Energy Partners (REP) has published its seventh annual ‘State of Exploration’ report, which benchmarks the performance of international conventional oil and gas exploration. In a world awash with the … Read More

Spectrum ASA completes the acquisition of 2D seismic data offshore Somalia

Spectrum ASA has successfully completed the acquisition of 2D seismic data offshore south Somalia that commenced  5 th September, 2015 when Spectrum ASA and the Federal Government of Somalia entered … Read More

Kenya’s National Assembly Adopts The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill

The Kenyan national assembly has adopted the much awaited Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 44 of 2015) paving way for the country to move closer to … Read More