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The Africa Energy and Technology Conference organized by the Society for petroleum engineers and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists kicked off today with the assistant secretary for fossil energy … Read More
Kenya is optimistic that a route agreed by Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni will carry the day despite opposition from holders of blocks in the Albertine … Read More
Source: Ministry of Energy and Petroleum 1950-1992: 30 wells drilled by international oil companies in Kenya’s sedimentary basins. Two more wells drilled in the period stretching to 2010. None of … Read More
African Ministers of Energy from Ghana and Zambia are amongst the attendees at the Norway – Africa Energy Summit organized by Norfund and the Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA). The African … Read More
Following the disappointment at the Badada-1 well in Block 2B in February the joint venture partners led by Tower Resources who says it expects no significant expenditure in 2015 with … Read More
Vanoil Energy Ltd. has commenced an international arbitration against the Government of Kenya after the minister for Energy Davis Chirchir declined to renew the company’s exploration licenses citing speculation. In the suit … Read More
Swala Energy Limited has announced that its 93% owned subsidiary company, Swala Energy (Zambia) Limited, has been formally awarded hydrocarbon exploration rights over Block 44 in the Republic of Zambia … Read More
Marathon oil has announced that the Sala-2 appraisal well in block 9 will spud in the third quarter of 2014. This follows the success of Sala-1 exploration well, which is … Read More
Tullow Oil plc has announced that its subsidiaries operating in Uganda have received a ruling from the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) in Uganda relating to Capital Gains Tax (CGT). The … Read More
Vanoil Energy has provided an update on the ongoing negotiations with the Kenyan Government with respect to the extension of Vanoil’s Production Sharing Contracts over Block 3A and Block 3B, … Read More
