Comoros ratifies Discover exploration production sharing agreement

Discover, the privately owned, geology-led, oil and gas exploration company specialized in deep water petroleum systems, has announce the ratification of its Production Sharing Contract covering offshore blocks 35, 36 … Read More

3rd East Africa Oil & Gas Summit & Exhibition set for Nairobi in October

The 3rd East Africa Oil and Gas Summit and Exhibition EAOGS is taking place on the 15-17 October in Nairobi at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi. EAOGS was … Read More

Ophir Energy Plc announces its preliminary Full Year Results for 2013

Full Year Results Highlights: •Announced the divestment of a 20% interest in Blocks 1, 3 and 4 Tanzania to Pavilion Energy for US$1.288 billion. This transaction is now unconditional with … Read More

Tanzania to Review Gas-Drilling Deals

All contracts held by oil and gas exploration companies in Tanzania will be reviewed at the end of the year as the country revamps laws regulating the sector that has … Read More

Statoil announces successful test in Block 2 offshore Tanzania

Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil have announced the results from their first drill stem test in the Tanzania Block 2 offshore discoveries. The data acquired is important to reduce technical uncertainties in a possible future Tanzania … Read More

Scottish firms eye East African Oil and Gas sector

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] 15 firms have visited Kenya on a fact finding mission oh how the region is prepared for the oil and gas boom and to discover opportunities in the … Read More

Infrastructure projects Uganda must undertake for quick oil production

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Amid accusations from British explorer firm Tullow Oil that Uganda was dragging its feet in relation to becoming an oil producer the government is said to be pulling … Read More

Swala Energy commits to Tanzania Exploration

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Swala Energy, through its 65% owned subsidiary Swala Oil & Gas (Tanzania) says it has informed the Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation (“TPDC’) that it has committed to entering the second 2-Year exploration phase of … Read More

Tanzania LNG plant site may be announced next week -minister

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story by Reuters Oil and gas firms working on a project to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Tanzania have picked a location, and the government has … Read More