Soco set to begin seismic testing in controversial Congo’s Virunga Park

Soco International will start seismic tests in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lake Edward amid widespread protests by environmentalists who are against exploration at the Virunga park home to the … Read More

Swala Energy, Tullow Oil start 2D seismic in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Swala Energy Limited has announced the 2D seismic acquisition programme in Block 12B, Kenya has commenced and is designed to identify the main structural lineation in the basins … Read More

BGP Kenya to carry out 2D seismic in Kenya’s Block 11A onshore

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] ERHC Energy ERHE has announced the start of a 2D seismic program covering at least 1,000 line kilometers on Block 11A in the Republic of Kenya. BGP Kenya … Read More

Piracy could threaten Mozambique’s Gas exploration and production

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] A professor at the Aquino de Braganca Centre for Social Studies in Maputo Joao Paulo Coelho has warned Somali pirates could be a cause for maritime security off … Read More

Apache, Midstates Petroleum join well data sharing consortium

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story Courtesy of Rushmore Reviews Apache Corp and Midstates Petroleum are the latest of a series of Operators to start sharing key performance data on the drilling, completions … Read More

Altaaqa Global Opens East Africa Office

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The new Nairobi office will serve as a hub for Altaaqa Global’s sales and operations in the East Africa region Dubai-based Altaaqa Global CAT Rental Power, a global … Read More

Seychelles signs final approval for WHL farmout to Ophir Energy

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Australian energy company WHL Energy has announced that the Republic of the Seychelles has signed formal documentation approving Ophir Energy’s previously reported* farm-in to WHL Energy’s large offshore Seychelles exploration position. Under … Read More