Detailed Studies of Kenya’s Oil Pipeline Route To start in a few weeks
The process to build a 891 kilometer 28 inch pipeline from Northern Kenya and Kenya’s Lamu port is set to begin with detailed studies expected to commence in the next … Read More
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Tanzania Opens Escrow Accounts To Manage Gas Production, Future developments
The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation has said it has opened an ESCROW account at Stanbic Bank to deposit payments from various gas production projects as well as to facilitate transactions … Read More
Mount Kenya University, China University of Petroleum Partner on Research, Staff Development
Mount Kenya University will develop joint scientific and technological research projects with China University of Petroleum (East China) following a memorandum of understanding signed between the two institutions. The MoU … Read More
Ntorya Appraisal drilling in Tanzania’s Ruvuma to commence in Q3
Appraisal drilling in the Ruvuma PSA following the Ntorya 1 discovery is expected to commence this summer according to Block operator Aminex. Two wells will be drilled in the Block … Read More
Why all eyes are on CEPSA’s Tarach-1 well in Kenya
2016 has been a rather hard year for the upstream sector globally which has led to job cuts, trimming of operations, lack of ready finance as investors seek faster returns … Read More
Tanzania’s Madimba, Songo Songo to Dar es Salaam Gas Pipeline Cost $1.3 Billion
The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation has released a statement on costs involved in the Madimba, Songo Songo to Dar es Salaam gas pipeline since construction commenced in 2013 to completion … Read More
Uganda’s First Licensing Round down to seven bidders
Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has received seven bidders for the blocks in Albertine Graben which were put up for licensing with the deadline … Read More
Uganda and Kenya to build separate pipelines
After a few days of speculation that Uganda had preferred the Tanzania route over through the Lamu port it is now official that Kenya and her western neighbor will be building … Read More
Hoima-Tanga Route A Done Deal for East Africa Oil Export Pipeline – Source
Technical teams examining the most cost effective route for an export pipeline for Uganda’s 6 billion barrels of oil are said to have settled on the most southern route through Tanzania’s … Read More
Uganda’s second annual oil & gas convention set for next week
The second annual oil and gas convention organized by the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) is set to begin next week from April 27-28, 2016 at the Kampala … Read More