Future of East Africa is in agriculture not oil, says expert
Story by The New Times The discovery of commercially viable oil and gas deposits in East Africa has caused a lot of excitement among ordinary citizens, as well as political … Read More
Author: Samuel Kamau Mbote
Uganda’s Petroleum Institute in verge of Collapse
Story by The Observer For an institution that was envisaged to produce skilled manpower for Uganda’s oil sector, the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba (UPIK) looks like one big anticlimax. And … Read More
Lamu offshore well to be “plugged and abandoned”
Pancontinental Oil and Gas NL has provided an update regarding the Sunbird-1 exploration well in area L10A offshore southern Kenya. Pancontinental’s in a release dated 6th January 2014had said it … Read More
Challenges of having an oil exploration license in Somalia
DNO of Norway currently holds a production sharing contract in Block SL-18 following the signing of an agreement with the republic of Somaliland in April last year. In a country … Read More
Uganda raises troop levels in Oil rich region
Uganda’s Inspector General of police has ordered the deployment of both covert and overt troops in the Albertine region especially in an area set for the building of the country’s … Read More
Africa Oil Corp 2014 Program Goals in Kenya
•Continue to add resources and de-risk South Lokichar Basin –Drill out remaining prospect inventory –Appraise existing and future discoveries with aid of new 3D seismic –Update third party resource report … Read More
British Gas Group strikes ‘some Oil & Gas in Lamu
UK’s exploration firm BG Group has made an oil and gas discovery in lamu at the Kenyan coast although the reserves have been termed to be on no commercial threshold. … Read More
Uganda to name refinery operator in 3 months
Uganda will in July name the lead investor and operator for its planned refinery expected to have a maximum output of 40,000 barrels a day. According to Reuters the announcement … Read More
Why lobby group wants National Oil Chairman, MD fired
Kenya’s biggest consumer lobby group the Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) is drumming support from members of the public asking them to sign a petition to the president to dismiss … Read More
East African lawyers attend training in negotiation and transaction agreements in Oil & Gas sector
Experts have warned that the lack of skills when negotiating transactions and drafting agreements with international oil companies in relation to the extractive industry could cost east African countries leaving … Read More
