Uganda:   80 Companies Applied for Oil Contracts, Parliament Hears

New Vision, 8 November 2011

THE parliamentary Ad-hoc committee on oil in its maiden session heard that about 80 companies had so far applied for oil exploration in Uganda but their requests are on halt until… Read more »

Nigeria:   Total Discovers New Oil in South East

Daily Trust, 8 November 2011

Total yesterday announced that its subsidiary Total E&P Nigeria Ltd (TEPNG) has made a new oil discovery in the southeastern corner of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 102 in Nigeria. Read more »

Uganda:   Oil Industry Off to Rocky Start

African Arguments, 7 November 2011

In January 2009 Heritage Oil, in partnership with Tullow Oil, announced that exploration on concessions in the Lake Albert Basin in Uganda contained over 2bln barrels in reserves,… Read more »

Tanzania:   Country Catches the Eye of Big Oil Explorers

East African, 6 November 2011

The discovery of oil in Uganda and Mozambique has triggered renewed interest in Tanzania, putting the country on the radar of major oil explorers and sparking acquisitions and… Read more »

East Africa:   Region's Oil Demand Set to Triple

East African, 6 November 2011

Oil demand in the East African region is anticipated to more than triple by 2015, a projection that has prompted Kenya's state-owned oil marketer National Oil Corporation (NOCK) to… Read more »

Uganda:   Government Urged On Oil Revenue Investments

Monitor, 1 November 2011

The Uganda government has been advised to increase the level of domestic investments when the country starts producing oil in the near future. Read more »

Uganda:   Committee to Investigate Oil Sector Bribery Allegations Instituted

Independent (Kampala), 28 October 2011

Parliament yesterday moved one step in effecting the resolutions passed during the October 11 special session by appointing an ad hoc committee to investigate bribery allegations… Read more »