Tower Resources more hopeful of oil find rather than gas in Kenya’s Block 2B

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

Swala Energy seeks arbitration after CEPSA withdrawal from Kenya’s Block 12B

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Swala Energy Limited advises that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Swala Energy (Kenya) Limited, has referred to arbitration a dispute with CEPSA Kenya Limited (“CEPSA”) in connection with CEPSA’s withdrawal … Read More

Tullow Kenya conducts Stakeholder Engagement in Elgeyo Marakwet & Baringo

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Tullow Kenya has announced it has completed a series of meetings in Elgeyo Marakwet and Baringo Counties which were undertaken to update local leaders, area representatives, and the … Read More

CNOOC begins pre-production well drilling in Uganda

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has begun drilling of Kingfisher 4 pre-production well in Hoima district as the company prepares for commercial production in Uganda. The drilling of … Read More

Resource estimates in ‪‎Kenya‬’s South Lokichar basin surpass 1 billion barrels of oil in new adjustment

Africa Oil Corp says that a new independent assessment of the Company’s Contingent Resources in the South Lokichar Basin located in Blocks 10BB and 13T in Kenya has been completed … Read More

Tullow Kenya invests Ksh 100 million in Baringo’s mobile clinics

Tullow Kenya has today donated 7 mobile clinics worth Kshs 100 million to support the First Lady’s Beyond Zero campaign which aims to reduce Kenya’s high rates of maternal and … Read More

Tullow Oil awards a third of its global scholarships to Kenya

Tullow Oil has awarded 30 Kenyan post graduate students scholarships to various universities in the United Kingdom and Europe. The scholarships are part of the Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme that … Read More

Uganda’s crude oil reserves estimates nearly double in new adjustment

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Uganda’s petroleum exploration and production department has put its estimated crude oil reserves at 6.5 billion barrels from the previous 3.5 billion barrels. The department is quoted by … Read More

Tullow Oil, Africa Oil appraisal activities in North Western Kenya successful

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Tullow Oil plc and its partner Africa Oil have announced a new round of successful results from a series of exploration, appraisal and testing activities conducted in Blocks … Read More