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
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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
AfDB provides US $62 million to support Technical and Vocational Education in Kenya
The Executive Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 approved a US $62-million loan to finance the second phase of Kenya’s Support … Read More
Atlas Development & Support Services anticipates H1 pre-tax losses of $2.5m
The Kenyan headquartered, African focused support services and logistics company Atlas Development has said the H1 pre-tax losses anticipated is $2.5m from an expected turnover of US$11.0m in its latest six … Read More
Seychelles Junon 3D PreSDM Processing now Complete
Seychelles Junon Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PreSDM) processing has now been completed and the final volume of data delivered to joint venture partner WHL Energy in mid-May 2015 according to the quarterly … Read More
Somalia maritime border case baseless, ignorant of international law – Kenya’s Attorney general
While acknowledging that Kenya had formally received a memorandum over a case filed by Somalia at the International Court of Justice the East Africa nation attorney general Prof. Githu Muigai … Read More