Jacka Resources executives to leave company in Q4 2014

Jacka resources, a company with core focus is in North Africa, West African Transform Margin and East Africa rift basins has announced that the managing director and the chief financial … Read More

Media Council of Kenya to start training journalist on extractives sector

The Media Council of Kenya with support from the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has rolled out media capacity building and public access to information on the extractive industry in … Read More

East African crude oil pipeline project attracts five designs

The East African crude oil pipeline project has received five bids from a consortium of six companies for the project that is being undertaken by Kenya, Uganda and Southern Sudan. … Read More

Technip awarded renewal of subsea services framework agreement with Statoil, Exxon Mobil & Gassco

Technip was awarded a new framework agreement by Statoil, Exxon Mobil and Gassco for diving, subsea intervention and repair contingency services. Under the terms of this framework agreement, a replacement … Read More

Vanoil Energy to proceed with arbitration after loss of Kenyan blocks 3A and 3B

Vanoil Energy has provided an update on the ongoing negotiations with the Kenyan Government with respect to the extension of Vanoil’s Production Sharing Contracts over Block 3A and Block 3B, … Read More

Algeria’s Sonatrach eyes Tanzania and Mozambique for oil and gas exploration

Algeria’s state energy group Sonatrach is reported to be in talks with two Eastern Africa countries as the northern African state owned giant seeks to expand its exploration activities to … Read More

TPDC dismisses claims Tanzania will lose $1billion annually from gas sales

The Tanzania Petroleum development corporation (TPDC) has dismissed a leaked document that shows that the East African country will lose $1 billion annually under a production sharing agreement between TPDC, … Read More

Exploration activity not fuelling conflict in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region – Africa Oil

Africa Oil Statement on Ethiopia Following recent media focus on Africa Oil’s presence in Ethiopia, the company would like to make the following statement to clarify the actual situation on … Read More