BG Group opens 2016 Post-Graduate Scholarships for Tanzania

The annual BG Group scholarship that offers 10 scholarships each year to Tanzanian graduates to study for Masters of Science degrees for Geoscience and Engineering in UK universities has opened … Read More

Rhino Resources Acquires two offshore blocks in East Africa

Rhino Resources has announced it has expanded its African footprint with the recent acquisition of two offshore blocks in East Africa in the Comoros territorial waters. The two offshore blocks … Read More

Shell set to make a major comeback in East Africa with acquisition of BG Group

The announced offer of  acquisition of the BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell in a deal expected to be in excess of $70 billion could several blocks offshore East Africa … Read More

Ophir Energy discovers 1.03TCF of gas in Tanzania’s Kamba and Fulusi prospects

Ophir Energy has  announced Kamba-1 well in Block 4 has resulted in gas discoveries of 1.03TCF in the Kamba and Fulusi prospects. The well was drilled by the Deepsea Metro … Read More

Tanzania Mzia well test supports potential hub development – BG Group

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] BG Group plc  has announced that results from a recently completed second drill-stem test (DST) on the Mzia discovery in Block 1, offshore southern Tanzania, provided further support … Read More