ION Awarded Exclusive Agreement for 3D multi-client Programs offshore Kenya

ION Geophysical Corporation has announced that the Company was awarded an exclusive agreement for 3D multi-client programs offshore Kenya. The agreement includes both 3D new acquisition offshore the Lamu Basin … Read More

Kenya starts Search for Design Contractor for its $2 billion Crude Oil Pipeline

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has invited eight bids from firms hoping to undertake the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the planned 892 kilometer crude oil pipeline between … Read More

Kenya Seeks for Expert in South Lokichar blocks Hydrocarbon Audit

The ministry of energy and petroleum (MoEP) through the Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project (KEPTAP) has requested for an expression of interest from firms wishing to undertake a hydrocarbon reserves … Read More

CEPSA Withdraws From Kenya’s Block 11A

CEPSA Kenya Limited, an affiliate of Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U. has withdrawn from Block 11A months after the unsuccessful drilling of Tarach 1 well OilNews Kenya has learnt. Confirming … Read More

With a History of Tax Disputes in Oil & Gas Industry: Shall Kenya be an Exception to Explorers?

Kenya is currently the second leading East African country with estimated 750 million barrels in only two blocks that is 13T and 10B in Lokichar Basin,South Turkana; after Uganda’s recoverable … Read More

Kenya, The London Stock Exchange Group Sign Mou To Raise Capital For Kenya’s Energy Sector

Cabinet Secretary for Energy & Petroleum Hon. Charles Keter and Mr. Nikhil Rathi, CEO of London Stock Exchange Plc on Friday 26th  May 2017 signed an MOU to collaborate in raising capital for Kenya’s … Read More

Kenya Pipeline, Kenya Petroleum Refineries Sign EOPS Lease Agreement

Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) and Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL) today signed a 3 year lease agreement allowing Kenya Pipeline to use the facilities of KPRL for the Early Oil … Read More

ERHC Reports Oil & Gas Shows At Kenya’s Tarach-1 Well

American explorer ERHC has said it encountered significant oil shows and highly-elevated gas readings at the Tarach-1 well located in Block 11A indicating the presence of a working petroleum system … Read More