From Oil Field to Football Field: Why Are So Many World Cup Contenders Resource-Dependent?

Source: resourcegovernance.org Qatar’s alleged plot to “buy” the 2022 World Cup has been making global news recently, with salacious stories of bribes paid to African and South American FIFA officials and deals to exchange natural … Read More

Nairobi gets its first oil industry dedicated office building

Global oil companies in Kenya can now share an office block following the launch of the Nexgen Petro center by the principal secretary for energy yesterday. The Petro Center developed … Read More

East African crude oil pipeline construction an ‘emergency project’

The Kenyan government has announced that the construction of its 800km pipeline  part of the 1300 kilometer Uganda-Kenya pipeline will be classified as an emergency project. The entire pipeline which … Read More

Uganda Refinery lead advisor expected to be known by July 2014

Uganda has received detailed proposals for the role of lead investor for the development of 60,000 barrels per day oil refinery in Hoima. The proposals submitted by four of six … Read More

SOCO International, WWF reach deal on controversial Virunga National Park

SOCO International plc (SOCO) has agreed with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in a joint statement to commit not to undertake or commission any exploratory or other drilling within Virunga … Read More

Why consumer lobby group COFEK wants Kenya pipeline tender award revoked

Days after Zakhem International construction limited won the tender award to construct the new Kenyan pipeline from the port city of Mombasa to Nairobi the Consumer Federation of Kenya has … Read More