Confusion in East Africa Over Export Oil Pipeline Route

Months after the Kenyan and Ugandan president reached a deal to have the pipeline go through northern Kenya to the Kenyan coast the pronouncement has been thrown into a spin … Read More

Suspended National Oil Corporation of Kenya CEO Reinstated

Suspended national oil chief executive and managing director Sumayya Hassan-Athmani has been reinstated according to deputy president William Ruto as an audit of the state agency continues. The chief executive … Read More

Conference On The Role Of Academia In East Africa’s Extractive Sector Kicks off at Strathmore University

Strathmore University will host academia, government, civil society and players in the private sector nationally and regionally today  to discuss explore how the oil and gas industry can form partnerships … Read More

Ormat Announces Commercial Operation of Plant 4 in Olkaria III in Kenya, Expanding Complex Capacity to Nearly 140 MW

Ormat Technologies has announced that it reached commercial operation of Plant 4 in the Olkaria III complex in Kenya, increasing the complex total generating capacity by 29 MW to 139 … Read More

Tullow Oil To Focus on Seismic Surveys in 2017 As Exploration Expenditure Drop

Following the earlier announced cut in exploration costs by Tullow oil the explorer has said it will focus on seismic surveying, processing and interpretation, high-grading and progressing leads to drill … Read More

Kenya’s Block L6 JV partners FAR, PanContinental Oil & Gas Clash Over Cash Calls

Kenya’s Block L6 operator Australia’s Far has said it issued a default notice to it’s partner in the L6 Joint Venture (Pancontinental Oil and Gas) for continued failure to pay … Read More