Kenya looks into establishing oil and gas industrial parks

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] As East Africa potential to become a major global oil and gas producer continues to attract international investors Kenya is already looking into establishing Oil and Gas Industrial … Read More

Tullow Oil conducts media training in Kenya

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] British explorer has conducted a new round of training for Kenyan journalist in what the company said is motivated by the need for better and accurate reporting with … Read More

Simba’s FTG Survey narrows 2D seismic acquisition areas in Kenya’s Block 2A

Simba Energy Inc. has announced it is in receipt of Bell Geospace’s final report and results from their aerial FTG (Full Tensor Gradiometry) survey analysis and interpretation at it’s 100% interest … Read More

Simba Energy raises funds for exploration in Kenya and Guinea

Simba Energy has announced the closure of second and final tranche of the Private Placement which is expected to raise USD $2.97 million. This is the second private placement after the … Read More

Poor policies stand in Kenya’s way to enact Natural Resources laws

The chairperson of the departmental committee on environment and natural resources of the national assembly Amina Abdalla last week displayed the committee’s frustration while creating laws that will regulate the … Read More

Energy top on the agenda as US-Africa summit kicks off in Washington

This week over 50 African heads of state will discuss ways of improving trade between their countries and the United states as well as how to tap into the United … Read More

Pancontinental considers drilling second well in Kenya’s Block L10A

Australian explorer Pancontinental oil and gas has announced it is considering drilling a second well in the Kenyan block L10A where BG Group is the operator. The new well follows  … Read More

Afren suspends CEO, COO over corruption allegations

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Afren plc has announced that its Board has temporarily suspended the CEO, Osman Shahenshah and the COO, Shahid Ullah over corruption allegations. Afren says that the two have … Read More