Energy Chamber Constitutes Local Content Committee to Push for a More Inclusive Energy Industry

The African Energy Chamber  has appointed its highest-level advisory committee to serve on local content matters and support capacity building across the continent. Local Content Committee members are part of … Read More

Report Evaluates Challenges in Kenya’s Nascent Upstream Sector

A recently released strategic environmental and social assessment initial report for the petroleum sector in Kenya shows a multitude of issues the country needs to solve to ensure a smooth … Read More

Kenya Seeks Experts to Review the South Lokichar Field Development Plan

Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum through the World Bank funded Kenya Petroleum Technical assistance project has requested for the submissions of expressions of interest to review and ascertain the … Read More

GDC, National Oil to offer joint oil and gas drilling services

The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) and National Oil Corporation of Kenya have entered into an agreement to offer joint oil and gas drilling services in Kenya and the region the … Read More

Soma Oil & Gas protest investigations leakage in a letter to the United Nations

The UK-registered oil and gas exploration company focused on Somalia Soma Oil & Gas has written a letter to Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, Chair of the United Nations Security Council … Read More

2nd Local Content Convention Opens Amid Calls For Preference of Local Companies

The 2nd Local content convention opened its doors on Wednesday bringing together players from the government and private sector to discuss ways of enabling local companies to participate in the … Read More

Kenya awaits World Bank board approval of Kshs.4 billion for multi-agency training

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Kenya is awaiting the approval of $50 million dispatchment as part of the Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project (KEPTAP) that targets to train government agencies including the energy … Read More