Uganda Announces Deal With Foreign Oil Companies

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Story by CommodityHQ The government of Uganda is ready to develop its oil sector, but says it prefers to ramp up production slowly. n recent years, investors have … Read More

Licensing of Kenyan oil exploration blocks frozen

The ministry of energy has stopped all licensing of oil exploration blocks in Kenya until the government puts in place the Energy Act. According to energy principal secretary Joseph Njoroge … Read More

Tullow Oil opens community resource offices in Northern Kenya

British explorer has opened community resource offices in northern Kenya to encourage dialogue and partnerships with communities in the area where it has been prospecting oil. “Tullow community resource offices … Read More

Tullow strikes more oil at Amosing 1 and Ewoi-1 wells n Kenya’s Block 10BB

Tullow Oil plc  has today announces oil discoveries at the Amosing-1 and Ewoi-1 exploration wells in Block 10BB onshore northern Kenya. As a result of these latest successes and recently … Read More

East African oil wells among explorations to watch out for in 2014

The fact that a 40% drilling success rate marks out 2013 as one of BP’s best years for exploration in decades reflects the kind of glass-half-full attitude hardy oil investors must … Read More

Challenges Kenya, Uganda face in oil production

The East African region is now focus of the world as it joins the league of oil producing countries with over 1.6 billion barrels discovered in Uganda and Kenya with … Read More

Government suspends all land deals in Kenya’s oil rich region

[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] All land transactions in the Kerio Valley region where oil exploration is ongoing in Kenya have been suspended till the country’s land commission comes into office. According to … Read More