Marathon Oil Exits from Kenya and Ethiopia
Almost six months after Marathon Oil announced it had sought bids for of its onshore blocks in East Africa the American explorer has exited the region as the company focuses … Read More
Tanzania Mnazi Bay Production Volume at 33 mmscf/day in October
Production volumes to the new transnational pipeline in October to production facilities at Madimba, the Mtwara to Dar es Salaam pipeline and the Kinyerezi Gas Receiving Facility stood at 33 … Read More
Swala Energy Awards Drill Support Contract in Tanzania
Swala Energy has announce that its partly-owned subsidiary, Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) the operator of the Kilosa-Kilombero and Pangani licences, has awarded the Drill Support Team contract for the … Read More
Skills for Oil and Gas Africa Annual Regional Conference and Launch kicks off in Nairobi
The Skills for Oil and Gas Africa (SOGA) Annual Regional Conference and launch has opened in Nairobi with the aim of addressing skill gaps in the oil and gas supply … Read More
Atlas Development in Joint Venture Partnership with Ethiopia’s Orchid Business Group
AIM and NSE listed Support services and logistics company Atlas Development has announced that it has established an Ethiopian joint venture company with Orchid Business Group PLC (Orchid), a prominent … Read More
Octant Energy To Purchase Afren Assets in Tanzania and Kenya
Canada-based oil and gas company Octant Energy Corp. has announced that it has entered into three agreements with subsidiary companies of cash strapped Afren PLC to acquire assets in the … Read More
Eni, Statoil land Angoche area A5-A block license offshore Mozambique
Eni, Statoil together with partners have announced they have been awarded the A5-A block offshore Mozambique in the fifth competitive bidding round one of three blocks that had remained unlicensed … Read More
Octant Energy acquires Imara Energy
Octant acquires 100% interest in an oil and gas block in the Lamu basin, onshore Kenya Octant Energy Corp has entered into an arm’s length letter agreement dated July 28, … Read More
Orca Exploration Closes $60 million financing for Tanzania’s Songo Songo development from IFC
Orca Exploration has announced that it has entered into a loan agreement with International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, for a US$60 million investment in … Read More
Tullow Oil Pushes Kenya’s Block 12A Basin Opener Drilling to Q1 2016
Block 12A basin opener Cheptuket exploration well earlier set to start drilling in October 2015 has been pushed forward to 2016 according to block operator Tullow Oil. The well which … Read More
