Vanoil Energy to proceed with arbitration after loss of Kenyan blocks 3A and 3B

Vanoil Energy has provided an update on the ongoing negotiations with the Kenyan Government with respect to the extension of Vanoil’s Production Sharing Contracts over Block 3A and Block 3B, … Read More

Supreme Industries introduces composite LPG cylinders into the Kenyan market

Supreme Industries of India has introduced  composite LPG cylinders which are made of a combination of plastic material on the interior and a fiber glass exterior in Kenya as the … Read More

More Oil blocks expected to be relinquished in 2014/15 – Experts

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] More companies are expected to lose their blocks in Kenya as a result of relinquishments in the coming months. This is in compliance to their production sharing contracts that … Read More

National Oil Corporation to back in Blocks 10BB and 13T

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The National oil corporation of Kenya will exercise its right to back in 2 blocks in North Western Kenya that have already yielded successful results namely Block 10BB … Read More

Kenya to have the first regional seismic processing center in Nairobi

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The national oil corporation has announced that it is in the process of setting up the first seismic processing and data visualization center within East and Central Africa. … Read More

East African countries advertise bid for lead consultant for crude oil pipeline

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Kenya and Uganda have advertised for a lead consultant that will oversee the feasibility study and initial design for the construction of a 1300 kilometer pipeline from Uganda … Read More

Swala Energy requests share trading halt ahead of Kenya’s farmout announcement

Swala Energy Limited  has requested that a trading halt be implemented in respect of all Swala securities quoted on the Australian bourse (ASX)  pending an announcement from the Company in relation … Read More

Benefit sharing key in development of LAPSSET and Oil resources

By Charles Wanguhu A key challenge in development is the implementation of an inclusive agenda. Development experts have come to refer to this as “growth coupled with equal opportunities”. The … Read More