Swala Energy gets Ministerial Consent for Tanzania Farm-Outs

Swala Energy Limited has reported that its subsidiary company Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) Plc has received a no objection notice from the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Mines to … Read More

African oil & gas organisations plan for an upturn in the oil price: PwC survey

Overall, activity in the oil & gas industry across the African continent has slowed in the wake of the declining oil price in late 2014. “While the oil price has … Read More

Preview into Uganda’s Oil and Gas Sector

Uganda’s oil and gas sector has since the discovery of oil in 2006 transitioned from the exploration and appraisal phase to the development phase as the country prepares for sustainable … Read More

Rosneft, ExxonMobil File Joint Bid for Mozambique 5th License Round

Rosneft and ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Mozambique Offshore Limited filed joint bids to participate in the fifth license round organized by the Republic of Mozambique Institute of National Petroleum (Instituto … Read More

Kenya, Uganda to commence oil production in mid 2020 – Tullow Oil

Kenya and Uganda could start producing oil three and a half years after project sanction expected by the end of 2016 according to the latest half year results by the … Read More

Tullow Oil, Africa Oil to Commence Drilling Block 12A Basin Opener in October

Block 12A joint venture partners Tullow Oil and Africa Oil have announced they will spud the Cheptuket exploration well in October to test a basin bounding structural closure in the … Read More

Global Petroleum withdraws from its Juan de Nova Permit in the Mozambique Channel

Global Petroleum has provided an asset review on its Juan de Nova Permit in the Mozambique Channel announcing it is withdrawing from its application for an extension of the Permit in to the second … Read More

Rift Energy Hopeful of either Oil or Gas find in Kenya’s Block L19

Houston based Rift Energy says its preliminary resource reserve estimates for the top ten leads (including the four drill-ready prospects) says it is hopeful of  encountering oil or gas when … Read More

CGG wins Airborne Gravity Gradiometer Survey over Two Areas Onshore Tanzania

Integrated Geoscience Company CGG has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) to acquire high-resolution gravity gradiometry and aeromagnetic data over two onshore … Read More

Ramboll To Carry-out Onshore Pipeline Study In Uganda

Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has awarded United Kingdom’s Ramboll a contract to conduct an early-phase study for the “Hoima–Kampala Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline” in Uganda, East Africa. … Read More