Tower Resources more hopeful of oil find rather than gas in Kenya’s Block 2B

Tower Resources is more hopeful of an oil find unlike a gas find in Kenya;s block 2B Badada-1 well exploration well according to a recent report by the company. In … Read More

Cairn Energy, FAR announce oil discovery Senegal

Cairn together with its joint venture partners FAR ConocoPhillips 35% and Petrosen have announced that the FAN-1 exploration well, offshore Senegal, has discovered oil. The well, located in 1,427 metres water depth and approximately 100 kilometres offshore in the Sangomar Deep block reached a Target … Read More

Afren corruption investigation report expected in mid-October

Afren an independent oil & gas company listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, with a diversified portfolio of production, development and exploration assets in 10 African … Read More

Vanoil seeks $150 million in suit against the Government of Kenya

Vanoil Energy Ltd. has commenced an international arbitration against the Government of Kenya after the minister for Energy Davis Chirchir declined to renew the company’s exploration licenses citing speculation. In the suit … Read More

Swala Completes Seismic Acquisition Survey in Tanzania’s Moshi Basin

Swala Energy Limited has announced the successful completion of the 200 km 2D seismic acquisition programme carried out by its subsidiary company, Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) Plc over the … Read More

Ophir Energy discovers 1.03TCF of gas in Tanzania’s Kamba and Fulusi prospects

Ophir Energy has  announced Kamba-1 well in Block 4 has resulted in gas discoveries of 1.03TCF in the Kamba and Fulusi prospects. The well was drilled by the Deepsea Metro … Read More

Rift Energy enters second exploration phase in Kenya’s Block L19

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Rift Energy Corp. has announced it is entering into the first additional two-year exploration program on Block L19 in Kenya after meeting or exceeding all contractual requirements of … Read More

Opinion: Kenya Somalia maritime border dispute could throw whole region into dispute

By Zakayo Mwangi A maritime border dispute case filed by Somalia before the International Court of Justice is likely to affect other countries in the region should the court rule … Read More