Tanzania’s Kiliwani North well reaches 30 mmcf per day during commissioning

Aminex has announced that over the weekend, gas production from the Kiliwani North-1 well in Tanzania reached 30 mmcf per day (approximately 5,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day) with … Read More

Russia’s RT Global Resources Consortium Pulls Out of Uganda Refinery Deal

Months after RT Global resources was selected as the preferred bidder for the Uganda 60000 barrel a day Refinery Project following evaluations by a team from the Government and Taylor … Read More

Kenyan Students Challenged To Take Up Courses In Oil And Gas

The University of Nairobi (UoN) in collaboration with Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) facilitated a very engaging public lecture dubbed, ‘Oil and Gas sector in the East African region: Challenges and … Read More

Tullow Oil to Recommence Appraisal Drilling in Kenya’s South Lokichar Basin in Q4 2016

Tullow Oil has announced that it will be recommence drilling activities in the fourth quarter of 2016 with an initial programme of four wells in the South Lokichar basin and … Read More

Kenya’s Energy & Petroleum CS Key Speaker at 4th East Africa Oil & Gas Summit

Register using the Code “EAOGS400” to save $400 Hon Charles Keter, Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Energy & Petroleum in Kenya is set to present a keynote address at the … Read More

Aminex Receives One Year Extension For Tanzania’s Ruvuma PSA

Aminex has announced that it has received a one-year extension for the Mtwara Licence of the Ruvuma Production Sharing Agreement after completing discussions with the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) … Read More

Mozambique Gives Greenlight For Tembo-1 Gas Discovery Appraisal

Wentworth Resources has reported that the Ministerio dos Reuros Minerais e Energia (Minister of Minerals & Energy) in Mozambique has granted an Appraisal Plan for the Tembo-1 gas discovery in … Read More

Total E&P completes 2D seismic acquisition in DRC’s Block III

Total E&P RDC, operator of DRC’s Block III, has finalized the acquisition of the 2D seismic survey over the northern part of the Block III area according to JV partner SacOil. … Read More

Otto Energy Agrees Farm-Out Of Tanzania’s Kilosa-Kilombero Licence to MV Upstream

Otto Energy a joint venture partner in Kilosa-Kilombero Licence with 50% interest has announced that it has reached an agreement with MV Upstream Tanzania Limited (MV Upstream), a joint venture … Read More

CGG GeoConsulting Launches East Africa Rift System BasinMap

CGG GeoConsulting’s NPA Satellite Mapping group has launched the multi-client EARS BasinMap for exploration de-risking across the vast region of East Africa, from regional-to-prospect or play scale. The EARS BasinMap is part … Read More