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
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
SkyPower Signs $2.2 Billion Agreement to Develop, Build 1 GW of Solar Energy Projects in Kenya
SkyPower, the world’s largest developer and owner of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects, signed a landmark agreement with the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum for the development of … Read More
SkyPower to Donate Two Million Home Solar Kits in Kenya
SkyPower, the world’s largest developer and owner of utility-scale solar projects, recently signed a landmark US $2.2 billion agreement with the Government of Kenya during the 6th annual Global Entrepreneurship … Read More
Uganda’s Licensing Round attracted right blend of oil companies – Energy Ministry
The Ugandan government has responded to claims that the last licensing round was unsuccessful by virtue of having attracted mainly small and medium exploration companies. According to Acting Principal Petroleum … 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
