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Block operator in Block 2B Taipan Resources has announced that together with other joint-venture partners, have executed a contract with Greatwall for the GW-190 land rig and have also contracted … Read More
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The high court in Nairobi has allowed Block 2B operator Taipan Resources to continue with drilling preparations after lawyers representing the Company’s wholly-owned Kenya-based subsidiary, Lion Petroleum Inc. … Read More
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Taipan Resources has announced that the Company’s wholly-owned Kenya-based subsidiary, Lion Petroleum Inc. has received a formal notice from the High Court of Kenya of a temporary injunction … Read More
Tower Resources is more hopeful of an oil find unlike a gas find in Kenya;s block 2B Badada-1 well exploration well according to a recent report by the company. In … Read More
Tower resources has announced that following the completion of the farm in to block 2B it is now readying to drill the badada-1 well which is 50km to the south … Read More
[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Canadian explorer Simba Energy has reported that following positive results of the Company’s most recent FTG (Full Tensor Gradiometry) survey and final report by Bell Geospace, the Company … Read More
Original story by Reuters Two years ago Total’s chief Christophe de Margerie launched a “high risk, high reward” oil exploration strategy, betting he could hit a bonanza, even though his … Read More
The Ophir Energy board has released a statement confirming that it recently made an approach to the board of Premier Oil with the aim of merging the two companies. According … Read More
Source: The Sunday Times Ophir Energy is said to have approached Premier Oil with two secret bids to create a 5 billion combined oil exploration group, The Sunday Times reports … Read More
Taipan Resources has announced that an updated independent assessment of the Company’s prospective resources on Block 2B has been completed by Sproule International Limited (“Sproule”). The independent assessment was carried … Read More
