Drilling in Kenya’s Block 11A to begin within 12-16 months

Block 11A partner Houston based ERHC has announced that together with the block operator CEPSA Kenya Limited (a wholly owned affiliate of Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U. (CEPSA) it plans … Read More

Swala Energy hints possible Farm-in in Eastern Africa

Swala Energy has announced that it is in farm-in conversations in Eastern Africa as the company seeks ways of raising alternative funding transactions. This follows the withdrawal of a share … Read More

4th Oil & Gas Africa International Trade Exhibition set for Nairobi in April 2015

The 4th Oil & Gas Africa International Trade Exhibition is set to happen in April 2015 in Nairobi bringing together key players in the oil and gas community from around … Read More

Court lifts Temporary Injunction Order barring drilling of Badada-1 in Kenya’s Block 2B

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The high court in Nairobi has allowed Block 2B operator Taipan Resources to continue with drilling preparations after lawyers representing the Company’s wholly-owned Kenya-based subsidiary, Lion Petroleum Inc. … Read More

Analyst predict flat growth outlook for oil and gas industry in 2015

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] A new global oil and gas outlook by Moody’s has projected that the industry will witness a flat growth in 2015 a downgrade from the earlier expectation of … Read More

Swala Energy to seek alternative funding for drilling in East Africa

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Board members of Australian explorer Swala Energy have said the company will be seeking alternative funding to finance its drilling obligations ahead of its planned campaign in 2015 … Read More

Callkey Network targets East Africa’s Oil and Gas Industry with its VSAT products

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Internet Service Provider Callkey Networks has said it will be giving special focus to players in the oil and gas industry by providing specially customized products that suits … Read More

Environmentalists’ stop CAMAC Energy from seismic acquisition in Kenya’s block L16

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] CAMAC has been forced to stop a planned seismic acquisition programme through Kenya’s coastal area’s Arabuko-Sokoke forest after environmentalists protested the acquisition of two seismic lines through the … Read More

Atlas Development and Support Solutions expects Kenyan listing by mid December

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Oil and gas solutions services provider Atlas Development and Support Solutions has said it expects a dual listing on the Growth Enterprise Market Segment (‘GEMS’) of the Nairobi … Read More

Ophir Energy unsuccessful in Tanzania’s East Pande Block and Block 7

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Ophir Energy has announced that Tende-1 well drilled in the East Pande block has been unsuccessful with no moveable hydrocarbon encountered. The well which reached a depth of … Read More