Total, National Oil fight over oil supply contract
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] High Court is set to rule on a case in which Total Oil Kenya has taken National Oil to court over two deals with the government owned marketer … Read More
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Tullow Oil opens community resource offices in Northern Kenya
British explorer has opened community resource offices in northern Kenya to encourage dialogue and partnerships with communities in the area where it has been prospecting oil. “Tullow community resource offices … Read More
Total E&P compensates Ugandans as production nears
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Residents of Nebbi will each receive Kshs. 120,000 per acre for land trampled on during exploration plus a 10,000 shillings rent every year with a 40 per cent … Read More
Tullow Oil, Africa Oil plan Kenyan oil pipeline
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story by Business News British energy explorer Tullow Oil said it was discussing an export pipeline with the Kenyan government following the discovery of major oil deposits. Tullow, … Read More
Tullow strikes more oil at Amosing 1 and Ewoi-1 wells n Kenya’s Block 10BB
Tullow Oil plc has today announces oil discoveries at the Amosing-1 and Ewoi-1 exploration wells in Block 10BB onshore northern Kenya. As a result of these latest successes and recently … Read More
Vivo Energy Announces Rewards Campaign in Kenya
Vivo Energy Kenya has announced a countrywide promotion to reward Shell customers for their loyalty. Shinda Ndai na Shell’ will give customers the chance to win a 25 seater minibus, … Read More
Oil deepens rifts in East Africa
Story by The National In recent years, oil and gas discoveries have established east Africa as one of the world’s most promising frontiers. While the full scale of natural resources … Read More
Heritage relinquishes Northern block license in favour of the South in Tanzania
Heritage Oil has relinquished its Rukwa North license in Tanzania in favour of the neighbouring Rukwa South licence which had showed better prospectivity after an analysis of the initial seismic data. … Read More
Uganda Gov’t adopts horizontal drilling method for its oil
Uganda has adopted the horizontal oil drilling method as a way to reduce impact on the environment and wildlife in the environmentally sensitive Albertine graben. Commercial deposits of oil, which … Read More
Kenya’s new energy bill delayed by 6 months
Kenya will have to wait a little bit longer before it can have a new energy bill that will regulate the petroleum sector with the Bill not expected in parliament … Read More