East African countries advertise bid for lead consultant for crude oil pipeline

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Kenya and Uganda have advertised for a lead consultant that will oversee the feasibility study and initial design for the construction of a 1300 kilometer pipeline from Uganda … Read More

Dolphin Geophysical awarded Seychelles 3D Seismic Survey Contract

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has announced that Ophir Energy plc operator of the jointly held Seychelles exploration blocks, has contracted Dolphin Geophysical to undertake the 1500 … Read More

Kenya’s encounters more oil in Block 10BB

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Ngamia-2 appraisal well in Block 10BB has encountered up to 39 metres of net oil pay and 11 metres of net gas pay according to newest operational update … Read More

Wentworth Resources commences drilling at Mozambique’s Tembo-1 well

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Wentworth Resources has announced that drilling operations have commenced on the Tembo-1 well in the Rovuma Onshore Concession in northern Mozambique.  Wentworth has an 11.59 percent net interest in this … Read More

Kenya’s parliament backs Vanoil Energy license cancellation

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The energy and transportation committee has backed the decision to terminate the oil exploration license of Vanoil Energy in January this year. In a report tabled in parliament … Read More

Swala Energy requests share trading halt ahead of Kenya’s farmout announcement

Swala Energy Limited  has requested that a trading halt be implemented in respect of all Swala securities quoted on the Australian bourse (ASX)  pending an announcement from the Company in relation … Read More

Benefit sharing key in development of LAPSSET and Oil resources

By Charles Wanguhu A key challenge in development is the implementation of an inclusive agenda. Development experts have come to refer to this as “growth coupled with equal opportunities”. The … Read More

Statoil, ExxonMobil makes another high-impact gas discovery offshore Tanzania

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The discovery in the Piri prospect is Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional … Read More