Civicon Kenya secures Tullow Oil contract for roads and airstrips in Turkana

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’]Story by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation – Civicon Engineering Company (part of TransCentury group) has signed a two year deal with British Oil Company Tullow Oil mandated to explore oil … Read More

Swala Energy reports optimism in its Tanzania exploration

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Australian owned Swala Energy Limited has announced that RISC Operations Pty Ltd an independent petroleum advisory firm, have completed their review of the resource potential of the Kito … Read More

Solo Oil ‘Very Excited’ About Tanzania Prospects

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Infill seismic surveying at the Ruvuma natural gas acreage, onshore Tanzania, is set to finalise locations for new exploration drilling and accelerate commercial development heading into 2014. A … Read More

Fuel prices for all towns in Kenya December 15th, 2013 – Janaury 14th, 2014

Date Range: Dec 15th, 2013 – Jan 14th, 2014 Town Super Diesel Kerosene Regular Bomet 111.85 107.29 85.76 108.03 Bondo 111.43 106.87 85.15 107.58 Bungoma 111.84 107.28 85.63 108.01 Busia 112.43 … Read More

New discovery at Mzia Discovery raises Tanzania resources to 15 tcf

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] BG Group has announced an increase in total recoverable resources for the Mzia discovery and across Blocks 1, 3 and 4 offshore southern Tanzania, marking the conclusion of … Read More

Only shrewd investment of Uganda’s oil revenue will ensure intergenerational equity

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story by The Independent Investing wisely Uganda’s oil revenues in productive sectors of the economy will ensure future generations benefit from the country’s promising petroleum industry, a new … Read More

Norway Oil Fund Under Lawmaker Pressure to Buy More in Africa

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Norway’s Christian Democrats, a key support party for the minority government, called on the nation’s sovereign wealth fund to steer more of its $810 billion in assets into Africa to … Read More

Focus on Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) in Southern and Eastern Africa – KPMG

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] LNG is a key component of the global energy supply mix and it is a core strategic focus area for global oil and gas companies. LNG is seen … Read More

Tullow Oil’s international scholarship awards to boost mining sector

10 scholars from Kenya have received the Tullow Group Scholarships and are already in the process of selecting their universities of choice in the UK for further studies. The Tullow … Read More