Kenya Approaches Saudi Arabia for Cheaper Crude Oil

• Tuesday, 18th April 2017
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Kenya is negotiating with Saudi Arabia over importing crude oil from the OPEC’s member. The negotiations are part of the Kenyan government plan to import cheaper crude to be refined locally, Petroleum Africa reported....

Octant Energy Receives $10m Fund for Assets in Kenya, Tanzania

• Tuesday, 28th March 2017
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Octant Energy announced it has signed a term sheet with Rosseau Asset Management to receive a $10m fund for the acquisition of Afren’s assets in East Africa. The assets include Block L17/L18 and Block 1 in Kenya, as w...

Erin Energy to Discard Extension on Kenya’s L27, L28 Blocks

• Monday, 27th March 2017
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Erin Energy decided not to extend its offshore L-27 and L-28 blocks in Kenya due to the higher costs and risks of the exploration process in the current economic environment, Oil News Kenya reported. According to Keny...

Kenya to Host First Africa Renewable Energy Leaders’ Summit

• Monday, 20th March 2017
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Over 200 experts and government representatives from Kenya, Ethiopia, Burundi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda will gather in Nairobi at the first Africa Renewable Energy Leaders’ Summit (ARELS) to discuss t...

Kenyan KPC, KPLR Sign 3-Year Lease Agreement

• Wednesday, 15th March 2017
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Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has signed a 3-year lease agreement with Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL) as it looks to expand the country’s oil storage capacity, Procurement & Logistics Online reported. Ac...

Egypt to Build Two Solar Power Plant Projects in Kenya

• Tuesday, 7th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

Egypt’s El Sewedy Electric and Infinity Solar submitted bids to build 30MW and 250MW solar power plants in Kenya, said  Khaled Abul Makarem, Head of the Committee responsible for increasing exports to Africa, ac...

Fugro Awarded Seabed Survey Contract in Kenya

• Thursday, 23rd February 2017
• by Editorial Team

Geo-intelligence firm Fugro announced it has been awarded a contract by Shell/BG Kenya for the execution of a seabed survey to detect natural leakages of hydrocarbons, Rigzone reported. Fugro stated the seeps survey c...

Lake Oil Bid in Kenya’s Hashi Energy

• Thursday, 23rd February 2017
• by Sarah Samir

Tanzanian billionaire oil dealer, Ally Edha Awadh, bid, through his Lake Oil Group, for the retail petroleum business in Kenya’s Hashi Energy, reported The Star News. The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has...

Tullow Strikes More Oil Explorations in Kenya

• Tuesday, 24th January 2017
• by Editorial Team

Tullow Oil has said it is not planning to farm down its Kenyan assets after it sold part of its Ugandan assets to Total in January, Oil News Kenya reported. With a substantially reduced stake and an exit from an activ...

Kenya Pipeline Invited Bids for Oil Jetty

• Sunday, 22nd January 2017
• by Editorial Team

Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has invited bids to build an oil jetty on Lake Victoria as it seeks to improve flow of petroleum products in the areas around the lake including to the neighboring countries, Standard Digi...