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

Change in Kenya tax laws good for extractive sector

Kenya’s move to replace withholding tax with income tax on assignment of rights targeting the extractive industry has received praise from tax experts who say this move will encourage farm-outs … Read More

Rosneft and Mozambique’s ENH sign Memorandum of Understanding

Igor Sechin, President and Chairman of the Management Board, Rosneft, Nelson Ocuane, President, Empresa Nacional Hidrocarbonetos De Moçambique (Mozambique National Oil Company, ENH) and Paulino Gregório, Director, ENH signed a … Read More

Shell, CNOOC Sign Global Strategic Alliance Agreement

Shell and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) have announced the signing of a Global Strategic Alliance Agreement that reconfirms both parties’ commitment to the existing strategic partnership in China … Read More

Chevron Announces Sale of Interests in Chad and Cameroon

Chevron Corporation has announced that its subsidiary, Chevron Global Energy Inc., has sold its 25 percent non-operated interest in a producing oil concession in southern Chad and the related export pipeline … Read More