Tullow Oil to drill another 35 wells in 24 months in East Africa

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Tullow Oil is set to drill 35 wells by Q3 2016 in East Africa according to the recent overview presentation earlier this month. This is even as the … Read More

Vivo Energy Kenya Launches Mobile Fuel Testing Laboratory

Vivo Energy Kenya, Shell’s distributor for fuels and lubricants, has  launched a mobile fuel testing laboratory a first of its kind by an Oil Marketing Company (OMC) in Kenya. This initiative … Read More

Results on Taachui-1 well in Tanzania expected in two weeks

Ophir Energy has announced that results from the offshore Taachui-1 well in Block 1 will be known by the end of May. The well is projected to have a mean … Read More

Mining Bill 2014 violates human rights, encourages corruption – Lobby Groups

Civil society groups in Kenya have raised a red flag on the proposed Mining Bill 2014 which they say will lead to compulsory acquisitions of land from communities in mining … Read More

Eaton sees $4 billion opportunity in Tanzania’s and Mozambique’s LNG facilities

Power management company Eaton has said there is a opportunity for companies offering electrical solutions for oil and gas to make over $4 billion in the next decade from the … Read More

Did Kenya award Angote 7 Oil Blocks?

Kenya has given Nigerian Mogul Aliko Angote seven oil blocks in the country according to reports from Nigeria’s PM News citing Kiprono Kittony, the Chairman of the Nigeria-Kenya Chamber of … Read More

Report claims human right abuses in East Africa ahead of Oil,Gas production

In the paper dubbed Steep Rise in Allegations of Human Rights Abuse as Boom in Investment Brings Hope of Prosperity – Business and Human Rights in Eastern Africa: A Regional … Read More

Swala Energy, Tullow Oil start 2D seismic in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Swala Energy Limited has announced the 2D seismic acquisition programme in Block 12B, Kenya has commenced and is designed to identify the main structural lineation in the basins … Read More