Early Oil Pilot Scheme Shelved Awaiting Petroleum Bill Passing

The much anticipated early oil pilot scheme project expected to commence later this month has been suspended indefinitely until the new senate passes the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill, 2015. Speaking … Read More

FID on Uganda Albertine Project, Start of FEED in Kenya expected by End of 2017

Partners in the Uganda Albertine Graben project namely Total E&P, CNOOC and Tullow Oil have said they expect the final investment decision on field development by the end of the … Read More

Zarara Oil and Gas Gets 18 month License extension in Kenya’s block L4 and L13

Zarara Oil and Gas the operator in block L4 and L13 located in Lamu County has received an eighteen month license extension to January 2019 after the lapse of an … Read More

Schlumberger Introduces Complete Cased Hole Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Monitoring from a Single Tool

Pulsar service delivers rigless formation evaluation and monitoring for any reservoir to improve drilling efficiency and well productivity Schlumberger has introduced the Pulsar* multifunction spectroscopy service at the SPWLA 58th … Read More

ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Report Breakthrough in Algae Biofuel Research

ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Inc. have announced a breakthrough in joint research into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain that more than doubled its oil content without significantly inhibiting … Read More

Software overcomes limitations of conventional well-based reservoir modeling

Geoscientists in the oil & gas industry face many challenges in their quest to de-risk and drill the best wells and more confidently forecast production. CGG GeoSoftware geostatistical seismic reservoir … Read More