Tullow Oil, JV Partners Approve FID for the Early Oil Pilot Scheme in Kenya

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta today received a progress report on the planned Early Oil Pilot Scheme presented at State House, Nairobi, by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and the … Read More

Kenya Seeks Experts to Review the South Lokichar Field Development Plan

Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum through the World Bank funded Kenya Petroleum Technical assistance project has requested for the submissions of expressions of interest to review and ascertain the … Read More

Kenya will start oil production in March 2017

Following Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive to expedite exportation of Kenya’s first oil, Tullow Oil Company has confirmed that it will start oil production in March next year. Briefing President … Read More

Africa Oil Has Spent Kshs.2.25 Billion in Exploration, Development Expenses in Kenya in 2016

The Company incurred (Kshs2.25 billion) $22.5 million  of intangible exploration expenditures in Kenya for the six months ended June 30, 2016 according to the latest half year results by the … Read More

Tullow Oil Receives 3 Year License Extension in Kenya’s Blocks 10BB, 13T

Tullow has announced it has reached an agreement with the Government of Kenya to extend the exploration period for Blocks 10BB and 13T in South Lokichar to 18 September 2020 … Read More

Tullow Oil, JV Partners To Drill More Basin Openers, Appraisal Wells in Kenya in Late 2016

Africa Oil has reiterated that the South Lokichar basin could see 2-4 Potential basin-openers in late 2016 and beyond as well as 4-8 Appraisal and exploration drilling targets raising hopes … Read More

Majority of Petroleum Rights Holding Companies in Kenya Incorporated in Tax Havens

A report by Oxfam dubbed The Use of Tax Havens in the Ownership of Kenyan Petroleum Rights shows that all but five companies that hold petroleum exploration rights have at … Read More

Breakdown of 2C Oil Resources Increase in South Lokichar Basin

Africa Oil has announced that an independent assessment of the Company’s Contingent Resources in the South Lokichar Basin located in Blocks 10BB and 13T in Kenya has been completed by … Read More

Kenya’s Crude Oil Recoverable Resources Up to 750 million barrels in New Assessment

Tullow Oil has said its initial assessment estimate Kenya crude oil recoverable resources have jumped 25 percent to 750 million barrels following the recently concluded exploration and appraisal drilling. This … Read More