Third International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference To convene in Nairobi in September 2016

Key stakeholders from the off-grid renewable energy sector – including policy makers, the private sector, financiers, and development institutions – will gather in Nairobi, Kenya from 30 September to 1 … Read More

United States Eyes Kenya’s Energy Deals Worth $14 – $18 Billion

The United States is hoping to invest in the nascent oil and gas sector in Kenya including an export pipeline expected to transport crude oil from the Lokichar basin to … Read More

Lamu Oil and Gas to acquire infill 2D seismic in Kenya’s Block L14 in Q3 2016

Lamu Oil and Gas a joint venture by Edgo Energy and QFB has agreed a 2D seismic program with Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum in in the Lamu basin … Read More

LAPSSET Project’s inaugural Global Investment Conference Set for October in Nairobi

The Kenya & East Africa Management Services Company (KEAMSCO), working in partnership with the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KNCCI) will be hosting the inaugural LAPSSET Global Investment … Read More

SkyPower Signs $2.2 Billion Agreement to Develop, Build 1 GW of Solar Energy Projects in Kenya

SkyPower, the world’s largest developer and owner of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects, signed a landmark agreement with the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum for the development of … Read More

2nd Local Content Convention Opens Today in Nairobi

The second Oil and Energy Services Local Content Convention (OES LCC) will kick off at Nairobi’s Safari Park hotel today morning bringing together hundreds of stakeholders from the East African … Read More

African LP Gas Summit kicks off in Nairobi

The first African LP Gas Summit has started in Nairobi pooling together various stakeholders in the industry to discuss ways in which to increase LPG adoption for cooking and driving … 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

Kenya power industry convenction set for September

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] “There are huge opportunities in power generation because of the demand in the region,” says Engineer Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary at Kenya’s Ministry of Energy & Petroleum. The … Read More