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 starts Search for Design Contractor for its $2 billion Crude Oil Pipeline

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has invited eight bids from firms hoping to undertake the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the planned 892 kilometer crude oil pipeline between … Read More

CEPSA Withdraws From Kenya’s Block 11A

CEPSA Kenya Limited, an affiliate of Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U. has withdrawn from Block 11A months after the unsuccessful drilling of Tarach 1 well OilNews Kenya has learnt. Confirming … Read More

With a History of Tax Disputes in Oil & Gas Industry: Shall Kenya be an Exception to Explorers?

Kenya is currently the second leading East African country with estimated 750 million barrels in only two blocks that is 13T and 10B in Lokichar Basin,South Turkana; after Uganda’s recoverable … Read More

Drilling Commences at Emekuya Well in Kenya’s Block 13T

The Emekuya exploration well targeting the north-eastern flank of the Etom Complex has spud according to the latest update from JV partner Africa Oil. The well is among three additional … Read More

The Africa Energy and Technology Conference Kicks off in Nairobi

The Africa Energy and Technology Conference organized by the Society for petroleum engineers and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists kicked off today with the assistant secretary for fossil energy … Read More

SPE/AAPG Africa Energy and Technology Conference (AETC) set for Nairobi Next Week

At next week’s SPE/AAPG Africa Energy and Technology Conference (AETC), representatives of IOCs, NOCs, governments, academia, technology and service providers will come together to explore the challenges faced and solutions … Read More