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Kenya:
Breakthrough for Kenya's Budding Oil Production Industry
Nation, 5 January 2016
Kenya's first oil cargo is set to reach the export handling facilities at the Port of Mombasa using trucks and railway by September even as the final word on the proposed crude… Read more »
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East Africa:
Oil-Boom to Delay As Low Prices Rage Into 2016
New Times, 31 December 2015
The prospect of an East African oil boom is in pause mode as global price of crude oil continues to fall, leaving regional infrastructure projects such as the pipeline on hold and… Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenya Plans Crude Oil in the Market By Sept 2016
East African, 27 December 2015
Kenya plans to sell crude oil in nine months' time despite expert advice that the earliest the Turkana oilfields can be commercially exploited is 2020. Read more »
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East Africa:
Ownership of Oil Exploration Blocks Begins to Change Hands
East African, 14 November 2015
The ownership of exploration blocks in the region is changing hands after a lull in activity caused by the collapse of global crude oil prices. Read more »
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Kenya:
Tullow to Develop North Kenya Fields Despite Low Oil Prices
East African, 12 November 2015
Tullow Oil is working on a plan to develop its northern Kenya fields, it said in an update. Read more »
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Kenya:
Turkana County the Place to Be As Oil Fortune Changes Lives
Nation, 2 November 2015
Lodwar and Lokichar towns in Turkana are bubbling with activity. Read more »
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Africa:
Africa Oil Seeks $50m for Kenyan Field
East African, 5 September 2015
Africa Oil Corporation has closed a $50 million non-brokered private placement of shares to fund the appraisal and development of the South Lokichar basin in northwestern Kenya. Read more »
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Kenya:
Kenya's First Oil Export Expected in October 2022
East African, 12 August 2015
Kenya's push to start oil production by 2017 will be delayed by at least five years going by the detailed design and construction timeline for the proposed crude oil pipeline… Read more »
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West Africa:
Tullow Oil Says to Focus Spending On West Africa
The Star, 12 February 2015
Budget revisions are likely to slash Tullow Oil's capital expenditure in Kenya as the British company focuses on the more promising West African region now in the production phase. Read more »