Kenya to auction 17 new Oil Exploration Blocks in 2017
The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has in a gazette notice said it has created an additional 17 new exploration blocks to the existing 46 blocks that had earlier been … Read More
Tag: oil
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
An Analysis of the Petroleum Bill 2015, Model PSC
Source: Oxfam The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill, 2015 and associated model production sharing contract (PSC) are currently in the final stages of Parliamentary review. The development of a … Read More
Uganda and Kenya to build separate pipelines
After a few days of speculation that Uganda had preferred the Tanzania route over through the Lamu port it is now official that Kenya and her western neighbor will be building … Read More
Third Edition of Definitive oil traders’ dictionary published
A sell-out dictionary of oil traders’ jargon, covering more than 2000 terms, definitions and abbreviations, has been fully revised and expanded. The third edition of Oil Traders’ Words, compiled by … Read More
CGG Geosoftware Speeds Interpretation Of Reservoirs In Complex Environments
CGG GeoSoftware has launched a new version of InsightEarth®, its software suite which accelerates 3D visualization and interpretation. High-impact improvements in structural and stratigraphic interpretation capabilities enable oil and gas … Read More
Vallourec Opens New Sales Office in Kenya
French equipment manufacturer Vallourec has strengthened its proximity with Oil and Gas customers in East Africa by opening a new sales office in Nairobi, Kenya. According to Vallourec East Africa … Read More
China Offers Tanzanians Post-Graduate Scholarships in Oil & Gas
China has announced it will offer twenty two students post graduate scholarships in the fields of oil and gas in the one of China’s best Oil and Gas Universities – … Read More
Suspended National Oil Corporation of Kenya CEO Reinstated
Suspended national oil chief executive and managing director Sumayya Hassan-Athmani has been reinstated according to deputy president William Ruto as an audit of the state agency continues. The chief executive … Read More
How my discovery of crude oil in Turkana County was stolen
Source: standardmedia.co.ke At the tail end of a rather colourless state function, Kenya’s third president announced that the country had struck gold – a rich vein of black gold that would … Read More