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Qatar Signs Deal for 3 Offshore Blocks in Kenya
Qatar Petroleum announced that it has signed an agreement to enter three exploration blocks in Kenya, according to a company statement. The agreement for the three offshore exploration blocks in Lamu Basin, east of Ke...
Al Manar Group Plans 35% Production Hike in 2019
Al Manar Group’s factory in the 6th of October City has reached a production capacity of about 5,500 tons a year, said the company’s CEO Ahmed Nawara, according to Amwal Al-Ghad. Al Manar, which specialize...
Egypt Looks into Bilateral Partnerships with Kenya
Egypt’s Ambassador in Nairobi, Khaled Al-Abyad, met with Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Charles Keter, as the parties are looking forward to creating specialized bilateral partnerships ...
Kenya Delays Oil Exports by Three Months
The Kenyan Energy Ministry announced that the country will only begin early oil exports after legislation to govern the industry is passed by lawmakers chosen in August elections, Bloomberg stated. First oil from Keny...
Hass Petroleum Sells 40% Stake
Kenyan oil marketer, Hass Petroleum Group, has sold a 40% stake of its shares to Oman Trading International (OTI) as it seeks funds to boost its capital and strengthen regional operations, The East African reported. T...
Kenya Starts Construction of KPC’s Kisumu Oil Jetty
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) is executing some major infrastructural projects in line with its plan to secure its position as a market leader in the oil and gas industry in the East African region, All Africa reported...
Tullow Oil Announces Emekuya-1 Oil Discovery in Kenya
Tullow Oil has discovered oil in a well in Northern Kenya; the company reported that the Emekuya-1 well in Block 13T, has encountered around 75 meters of net oil pay in two zones, Reuters reported. According to Oil Ne...
Africa Oil Announces New Successful Drilling in Kenya
Africa Oil Corp. stated in a press release that the Amosing-6 and Ngamia-10 appraisal wells in Block 10BB have been drilled after the former drilling of the successful Erut-1 (Block 13T) exploration well in the beginn...
