Somali government Mubadala Petroleum sign partnership agreement

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Mubadala Petroleum a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development Company has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Federal Republic of … Read More

Tullow Oil to challenge the Tax Appeals Tribunal ruling in Uganda

Tullow Oil plc has announced that its subsidiaries operating in Uganda have received a ruling from the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) in Uganda relating to Capital Gains Tax (CGT). The … Read More

Ugandan journalists to get Oil and gas training

Bloggers, alternative media producers, online journalists, TV/radio producers will in August receive training on oil and gas from various experts including the petroleum exploration and production department (PEPD), oil companies, … Read More

Orca Exploration Group in talks with third parties regarding potential sale or significant transaction

Orca Exploration Group which has its operations in Tanzania and Italy has advised that the Company is in discussions with a number of third parties which have made unsolicited approaches … Read More

Kenya’s Block 11A 2D seismic results encouraging – EHRC

The 2D seismic program covering approximately 1,000 line kilometers on Block 11A being undertaken by BGP Kenya limited on behalf of the CEPSA and ERHC partnership is nearing completion according … Read More

Bowleven set to end Strategic Alliance Agreement with Petrofac

Africa focused oil and gas explorer Bowleven which operates in Kenya and Cameroon has announced it will be terminating the Strategic Alliance Agreement with Petrofac after the two companies reached a … Read More

Africa Oil, Tullow encounters no oil in Ethiopia’s Gardim-1 exploration well

Africa Oil Corp. has announced that the Gardim-1 exploration well, drilled on the eastern flank of the Chew Bahir Basin in the South Omo licence, onshore Ethiopia, has reached a … Read More