South Sudan Set To Host First Ever Energy Event in October

The Republic of South Sudan is to host the first dedicated energy and infrastructure event in the nation’s history. Organized by Africa Oil & Power and fully commissioned and endorsed … Read More

Genel Energy Receives 2 year extension at the Odewayne Production Sharing Agreement

Sterling Energy has announced that the Government of the Republic of Somaliland has granted the operator Genel Energy  a further 2 year extension to the current period of the Odewayne … Read More

Kenya’s Block L6 JV partners FAR, PanContinental Oil & Gas Clash Over Cash Calls

Kenya’s Block L6 operator Australia’s Far has said it issued a default notice to it’s partner in the L6 Joint Venture (Pancontinental Oil and Gas) for continued failure to pay … Read More

African oil & gas organisations plan for an upturn in the oil price: PwC survey

Overall, activity in the oil & gas industry across the African continent has slowed in the wake of the declining oil price in late 2014. “While the oil price has … Read More

GardaWorld expands into more Africa countries after acquisition of Aegis Group

GardaWorld, the world’s largest privately owned security and cash services provider, announces today the strategic expansion of its protective services platform in Africa and the Middle East after entering into … Read More

Afren Receives 15 Month Extension in Kenya’s Block 1

The government of Kenya through the Ministry of Energy has granted Afren through its subsidiary East African Exploration (EAX) a 15 month extension to the current Second Additional Exploration Period … Read More

Atlas Development & Support Services Expands into North Africa

Kenyan headquartered  and listed African focussed support services and logistics company Atlas Development  has announce that it has been engaged to provide civil engineering supervisory, advanced life support, security and … Read More

Security in Africa: Structural challenges are reaching crisis point

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] The latest report from Think Security assesses changes in Africa’s security situation between 2013 and 2014 in three main categories: (1) Challenges impacting the national chain of command, … Read More

Security companies reap from LNG exploration in Tanzania

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] BG Group has contracted pan-African security provider Warrior Security Company to secure its sites in Tanzania, in a partnership that has seen the 3500-strong security company extend its … Read More