Eni’s CEO, COO under investigations on corruption allegations in Nigeria

Italian oil and gas giant Eni has said it is cooperating with the Milan prosecutor’s office in relation to the preliminary investigation launched on the acquisition of the Nigerian block … Read More

2D seismic on Tanzania’s Mnazi Bay Concession set to be complete in Q3

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The acquisition of 315km of conventional 2D onshore seismic data over the prospective areas of the Mnazi Bay Concession Tanzania is on program and is expected to be … Read More

Eni signs cooperation agreement with Republic of Congo

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The Congolese Minister of hydrocarbons, André Raphael Loemba, and Eni CEO, Claudio Descalzi, in the presence of President of Congo Dennis Sassou Nguesso and the Italian Prime Minister, … Read More

Sasol, ENH and Eni announce pre-feasibility study for large-scale gas-to-liquids facility in Mozambique

Sasol  has announced a joint pre-feasibility study for a large-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, which will be based on gas from the Rovuma Basin in Northern Mozambique. The study, which is … Read More

Mozambique and Tanzania sign MoU to cooperate in hydrocarbon sector

The Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and The Mozambique National Petroleum Institute (INP have signed a memorandum of understanding that will enable both eastern African countries partner in issues related … Read More

LNG from East Africa – how the odds are stacked

Story by lexology.com How much gas? Vast amounts. Mozambique alone is estimated to have gas reserves of up to 150 trillion cubic feet  (TCF) and Tanzania potentially as much as 50 … Read More

Smaller firms will lead East Africa’s oil and gas development

Source: Reuters Smaller oil explorers willing to take financial and operational risks will lead the development of East Africa’s oil and gas industry as majors ditch riskier projects as margins … 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

Comoros ratifies Discover exploration production sharing agreement

Discover, the privately owned, geology-led, oil and gas exploration company specialized in deep water petroleum systems, has announce the ratification of its Production Sharing Contract covering offshore blocks 35, 36 … Read More