First Turbine Shipment for Lake Turkana Wind Power project arrives in Mombasa Port

The first shipment of Vestas turbines for the 310 megawatt (MW) Lake Turkana Wind Power project has arrived in the Port of Mombasa. The turbines are the first of 365 … Read More

Tullow Oil To Keep-off 3 World Heritage Sites in its Northern Kenya Acreage

Tullow Oil has said it will not drill in three world heritage sites in Northern Kenya that form potential areas of operation as part of the Group’s ongoing commitment to … Read More

Shell set to make a major comeback in East Africa with acquisition of BG Group

The announced offer of  acquisition of the BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell in a deal expected to be in excess of $70 billion could several blocks offshore East Africa … Read More

Africa Oil reduces well drilling time in Kenya as costs increase

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Africa oil will in 2014 shift to synthetic based muds in well drilling in Kenya as the company drives at cutting down well drilling durations. The synthetic based … Read More