Tullow Oil, JV Partners Approve FID for the Early Oil Pilot Scheme in Kenya

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta today received a progress report on the planned Early Oil Pilot Scheme presented at State House, Nairobi, by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and the … Read More

LAPSSET CEO to deliver update on East Africa’s largest infrastructure project at EAOGS 2016

In the upcoming East Africa Oil & Gas Summit (EAOGS), the region’s largest oil and gas conference and exhibition, Mr. Silvester Kasuku, Director General and CEO of Lapsset Corridor Development … Read More

BP, Area 4 partners sign LNG sale and purchase agreement for offshore Mozambique

BP and the Area 4 concession partners, Eni East Africa (EEA), Galp Energia (Galp), Kogas and Empresa Nactional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), have entered into a sales and purchase agreement for … Read More

Tanzania, DRC Partner in Joint Hydrocarbon Exploration of Lake Tanganyika

Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed in joint exploration and development of hydrocarbons in Lake Tanganyika after talks between DRC president Joseph Kabila and Tanzanian President John … Read More

Uganda’s Refinery Project Hits Major Setback

Uganda’s Assistant Commissioner in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Dozith Abeinomugisha has said the government is back to the market to look for a new investor after the … Read More

Off-Grid Renewables Offer Unprecedented Opportunity to Achieve 100% Energy Access

More than 500 participants gathered in Nairobi today for the opening of the third International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC). Organised by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the conference … Read More

Mozambique President Sacks Energy Minister

Mozambique president Filipe Nyusi has sacked Energy Minister Pedro Couto who has headed the docket since January 2015 at a crucial time when the country is preparing to enter the … Read More

ALSF trains Somalia government officials on Production Sharing Agreements

The Somali government reached out to the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) for support in preparing its technical ministries for the negotiation of any potential production sharing agreements (PSAs) if … Read More