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