Kenya | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 8
Kenya to Boost Oil Exports by Trucks and Trains before 2017
As the administration of Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, races to hit export markets before the 2017 general elections, the government is considering moving its crude oil to the city of Mombasa, on the coast of Keny...
Kenya Seeking $3b in US Financing for Oil Pipeline
Kenya is seeking $3b in US financing from the $31b Power Africa Fund to support the construction of a crude oil pipeline from Hoima, Uganda to Mombasa, The Star reports. Newly-appointed Cabinet Secretary, Charles Kete...
Norway to Help Kenya Develop its Oil Sector
Kenya has entered into a long-term ‘Oil for Development’ program agreement with Norway to develop its local oil sector by providing support in the management of Kenya’s natural resources and protecti...
Kenya New Oil Finds to Attract Investors
Africa Oil has announced that the Etom-2 well in Block 13T, in northern Kenya has discovered 102 meters of net oil pay in two columns, reported Oil Review Africa. The well has explored the untested north flank of the ...
Tullow Finds Kenya’s Oil Resources Increasing
Tullow Oil Plc, the London-based oil explorer in Africa announced that the potential size of oil resources discovered in northern Kenya’s Etom-2 well increased, Bloomberg reported. Tullow said in a statement tha...
Enel, Powerhive’s Solar Grid to Boost Rural Electrification in Kenya
Italy’s Enel Green Power SpA (EGP) and US firm Powerhive Inc will build and operate solar mini-grids totaling 1 MW in 100 villages in western Kenya’s counties of Kisii and Nyamira in 2016, an investment worth $...
Uganda, Kenya Joint Pipeline to be Better Option
East Africa’s race to export its first oil will eventually be a tie between neighbors Kenya and Uganda because both need to share a pipeline rather than compete for different routes, a producer in the region said. “Th...
Maersk Oil Acquires Interests in Onshore Discoveries in Kenya and Ethiopia
The Danish oil and gas company Maersk Oil has agreed to acquire half of Africa Oil Corporation’s shares in three onshore exploration licences in Kenya and a further two in Ethiopia. According to the company, the licen... 
