KENYA: Upstream & Pipeline Revised Plans Drive Costs to $3.4B

The total gross capital expenditure (capex), which covers both the upstream and the pipeline to First Oil, is expected to increase to $3.4 billion as the KJV revised the previous … Read More

KENYA: KJV Seek Higher Crude Oil Production for Faster Capital Returns

The Kenya Joint Venture comprising of Tullow Oil, Total and Africa Oil seeks to increase the amount of oil produced per day in a “newly redesigned and optimized” plan in … Read More

President Kenyatta Calls For Proper Management of Oil Income as Trucking Begins

President Uhuru Kenyatta today said Kenya will effectively manage oil and other natural resources to avoid the negative results that have confronted many other nations following new discoveries. Speaking during … Read More

KJV Plans 2 Phased Development in Kenya’s South Lokichar Fields

The Kenya joint venture partners (KJV) comprising of Tullow Oil, Africa Oil, Maersk O&G and the Kenya government are now aligned on phased development that will limit upfront capital expenditures … Read More

New Assessment of Resources in South Lokichar Shows 25% lower Than Reported

A new full assessment of all the exploration and appraisal data, Tullow estimates that the South Lokichar basin contains the following recoverable resources 560mmbo 2C down from 766mmbo reported earlier … Read More

Construction Of Crude Oil Early Production Facility Starts in Turkana

Dubai based Almansoori Petroleum Company has started the construction of an early Production Facility (EPF) at Amosing that will help block operator Tullow Oil  start the production of oil in … Read More

Kenya Seeks for Expert in South Lokichar blocks Hydrocarbon Audit

The ministry of energy and petroleum (MoEP) through the Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project (KEPTAP) has requested for an expression of interest from firms wishing to undertake a hydrocarbon reserves … Read More

China’s Greatwall Bags Lamu’s Pate 2 Well Drilling Contract

Greatwall Drilling Company Ltd has been contracted to drill Pate 2 well in Zarara Oil and Gas operated Block L4 scheduled to spud later in the year according to sources. … Read More