Kenya | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 5
Kenya to Build 55MW Solar Farm
Kenya’s largest solar power plant is set to add 55MW of power to the country’s national grid, according to ESI Africa. The solar farm will sit on 85-hectare parcel of land, 20km away from Garissa town in northe...
Kenya Saved $493m on Petroleum Imports
Kenya save more than $493m during the first half of 2016 on oil related imports due to low global petroleum prices, All Africa reported. In June, the east african country had spent about $915m on the year-to-date impo...
Kenya Opened New Fuel Storage Facilities
Kenya’s Vivo Energy has opened a 23m liter diesel storage tank at the company’s Mombasa terminal at Shimanzi. The company also opened a 5m liters petrol storage tank. Consequently, Vivo Energy current operates the lar...
Kenya’s Oil Reserves Threaten by Somali Dispute
Kenya’s conflict to hold on to possibly lucrative Indian Ocean oil and gas reserves continues with a maritime border quarrel with Somalia, as the dispute goes before the UN’s top court, The Daily Star repo...
Kenya Dropped Petrol Prices
Kenya’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced an immediate drop in fuel rates that will extend until mid-October. The price dropped by $0.04 per liter for super petrol, to reach $0.90. The selling rate f...
Kenya Canceled Licenses of Companies Selling Impure Fuel
Kenya’s government has revoked licenses of companies involved in the sale of adulterated petroleum products along the Eldoret-Nakuru highway, the Daily Nation reported. This decision came after state police discovered...
Kenya Expands Mombasa Port to Support Oil, Gas Growth
Kenya inaugurated the first part of a new container terminal at Mombasa which is expected to boost by 50% the volume of cargo handled by East Africa’s largest seaport. The Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, who o...
Vandals Halt Exploration at Kenya’s Block 2A
Simba Energy’s exploration activities at Block 2A in Wajir County in Kenya, is currently at a standstill as locals have destroyed part of the working equipment being at the site while protesting against the ongoing wo...
