Construction Of Crude Oil Early Production Facility Starts in Turkana

Dubai based Almansoori Petroleum Company has started the construction of an early Production Facility (EPF) at Amosing that will help block operator Tullow Oil  start the production of oil in … Read More

Total Gets Stake in Turkana Following acquisition of Maersk Oil

Total has announced that the Boards of Total and A.P. Møller – Mærsk have both approved the acquisition of 100% of the equity of the E&P company Maersk Oil & Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary … Read More

With a History of Tax Disputes in Oil & Gas Industry: Shall Kenya be an Exception to Explorers?

Kenya is currently the second leading East African country with estimated 750 million barrels in only two blocks that is 13T and 10B in Lokichar Basin,South Turkana; after Uganda’s recoverable … Read More

Tullow Oil Seeks to End Dispute With Contractor in Turkana CSR Projects

Kenya’s Block 10BB and 13T operator has said it is working to end a dispute with Shaaba Civil Engineering & Construction contracted to undertake works at six respective social investment projects … Read More

OpEd: Early Oil Pilot scheme (EOPS)an enabler, not a replacement for the Full Field Development

by Andrew Kamau, PS Department of Petroleum; Ministry of Energy & Petroleum The last four years have been the most remarkable period in Kenya’s Oil and Gas industry since exploration … Read More

Guest Post: Early Oil Pilot Scheme Is a chance To Get It Right

By Dennis Morton In about nine months from now Kenya will be an oil producer. Tullow Oil and its partners Africa Oil and Maersk believe that they can produce and … Read More

Lobbyists want Kenya’s Early Oil Project Scrutinized

The Kenya Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (KCSPOG) has questioned the overwhelming government backing of the early oil pilot scheme (EOPS) project a no profit making venture that … Read More

Kenya will start oil production in March 2017

Following Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive to expedite exportation of Kenya’s first oil, Tullow Oil Company has confirmed that it will start oil production in March next year. Briefing President … Read More