BGP Kenya to carry out 2D seismic in Kenya’s Block 11A onshore

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] ERHC Energy ERHE has announced the start of a 2D seismic program covering at least 1,000 line kilometers on Block 11A in the Republic of Kenya. BGP Kenya … Read More

Piracy could threaten Mozambique’s Gas exploration and production

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] A professor at the Aquino de Braganca Centre for Social Studies in Maputo Joao Paulo Coelho has warned Somali pirates could be a cause for maritime security off … Read More

Apache, Midstates Petroleum join well data sharing consortium

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story Courtesy of Rushmore Reviews Apache Corp and Midstates Petroleum are the latest of a series of Operators to start sharing key performance data on the drilling, completions … Read More

Altaaqa Global Opens East Africa Office

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The new Nairobi office will serve as a hub for Altaaqa Global’s sales and operations in the East Africa region Dubai-based Altaaqa Global CAT Rental Power, a global … Read More

Seychelles signs final approval for WHL farmout to Ophir Energy

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Australian energy company WHL Energy has announced that the Republic of the Seychelles has signed formal documentation approving Ophir Energy’s previously reported* farm-in to WHL Energy’s large offshore Seychelles exploration position. Under … Read More

Exploration in Kenya’s Block L10A to continue as Sunbird-1 analysis continue

JV partner Pancontinental Oil and Gas has advised that the BG Group-operated Sunbird-1 well off the southern Kenyan coast has been completed and the well has intersected a hydrocarbon-bearing zone in the top of the … Read More