Underwriting Africa launches in Nairobi with products targeting upstream sector

East Africa has its first boutique Insurance Intermediary Company set up to provide niche and specialist insurance solutions to oil and gas exploration firms and their contractors. Underwriting Africa whose … Read More

Kenya confident agreed East Africa oil export pipeline route will hold

Kenya is optimistic that a route agreed by Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni will carry the day despite opposition from holders of blocks in the Albertine … Read More

Loss Making Atlas Development focuses more on Ethiopia and Tanzania as activity in Kenya reduces

Nairobi securities exchange listed company Atlas Development has said it is now eyeing the Ethiopian and Tanzanian markets as oil exploration in Kenya and the Turkana region witnesses a significant … Read More

PETROMOC lands $45 million condesate gas deal from Sasol, Partners

Sasol and its partners have entered into an agreement with Petróleos de Moçambique (PETROMOC), Mozambique’s state-owned distributor of petroleum products in a deal that will see PETROMOC sell condensate from … Read More

Inchcape Shipping Awarded logistics contract by Paragon Offshore in Tanzania

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has announced it has been appointed by Paragon Offshore, Houston, as marine and logistic services provider for a new drilling campaign off the Songo Songo Islands, … Read More

A Landscape Evaluation of Oil Governance in Uganda and Kenya (Synopsis)

Background For nearly a decade, East Africa’s Rift system has been one of the most prospected oil and natural gas regions in the world, with exploration activity stretching from the … Read More

Erin Energy obtains 18-month extension in Kenya’s Blocks L27 and L28

Erin Energy Corporation has announced it has obtained an eighteen-month extension of the Initial Exploration Period (IEP) of its offshore Kenya blocks, L27 and L28. The IEP on blocks L27 and L28 which … Read More

Uganda’s President Keynote Speaker at Oil & Gas Summit in Kampala

Reflecting the importance of the oil & gas industry and its potential for Uganda and investors, His Excellency Yoweri Museveni is expected to lead a senior delegation at the Uganda … Read More

Spectrum Secures Contract for 2D Seismic Offshore Somalia

Spectrum ASA has announced it has entered into a Multi-client master co-operation agreement with the federal government of Somalia to acquire approximately 28,000 km of long offset 2D seismic data … Read More