4th Oil & Gas Africa International Trade Exhibition set for Nairobi in April 2015

The 4th Oil & Gas Africa International Trade Exhibition is set to happen in April 2015 in Nairobi bringing together key players in the oil and gas community from around … Read More

Court lifts Temporary Injunction Order barring drilling of Badada-1 in Kenya’s Block 2B

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The high court in Nairobi has allowed Block 2B operator Taipan Resources to continue with drilling preparations after lawyers representing the Company’s wholly-owned Kenya-based subsidiary, Lion Petroleum Inc. … Read More

Swala Energy to seek alternative funding for drilling in East Africa

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Board members of Australian explorer Swala Energy have said the company will be seeking alternative funding to finance its drilling obligations ahead of its planned campaign in 2015 … Read More

Callkey Network targets East Africa’s Oil and Gas Industry with its VSAT products

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Internet Service Provider Callkey Networks has said it will be giving special focus to players in the oil and gas industry by providing specially customized products that suits … Read More

Environmentalists’ stop CAMAC Energy from seismic acquisition in Kenya’s block L16

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] CAMAC has been forced to stop a planned seismic acquisition programme through Kenya’s coastal area’s Arabuko-Sokoke forest after environmentalists protested the acquisition of two seismic lines through the … Read More

Toyota Tshusho named oil pipeline lead consultant

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Toyota Tshusho Engineering Corporation will design and carry out a feasibility study for the construction of a crude pipeline between Hoima to the Kenyan coast after the company … Read More

Badada-1 well likely to delay as court injunction halts operations in Kenya’s Block 2B

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Taipan Resources  has announced that the Company’s wholly-owned Kenya-based subsidiary, Lion Petroleum Inc. has received a formal notice from the High Court of Kenya of a temporary injunction … Read More