Production from the Kiliwani North Field could start in 2015 with the Tanzanian authorities having advised that production should start within Q3 2015 now that the main pipeline has been pressure tested and with the Gas Agreement expected to be signed this quarter.   The completion of a Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) is subject to finalizing satisfactory payment protection guarantees and, following the recent start of production into the.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 1st September 2015

 Australian explorer focusing on the East African Rift System Swala Energy has announced that the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) has agreed to extend the period within which an exploration well must be drilled in each of the Kilosa Kilombero and Pangani licences in Tanzania to the 20th February 2017.   According to a statement from the company the one-year extension is to be deducted from the 4-year additional.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 1st September 2015

The spate of pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft in the Niger Delta is increasingly assuming alarming proportion as Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has again declared force majeure on the exports of Bonny Light grade of crude oil as result of the activities of vandals and oil thieves.   This action is coming in less than one week after the company lifted the force majeure it had declared on gas supplies to the Nigeria LNG.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 29th August 2015

 Kenya started talks with neighboring Uganda on the financing and construction of an oil pipeline that will link the two countries and ferry crude produced by companies including Tullow Oil Plc, the Kenyan Energy Ministry said. Discussions that also looked at project time frames and involved officials from both East African countries began this week, Joseph Njoroge, the ministry’s principal secretary, said in a phone interview from.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 28th August 2015

 Loading challenges and congestion at the Kenya Pipeline Company's (KPC) depot in Eldoret are the key reasons why Rwanda's fuel transporters prefer to incur higher costs by using the Dar es Salaam port, fuel dealers say.   The Kigali-Dar route is nearly 1,460 kilometres, compared to the relatively shorter Kigali-Eldoret route of about 860 kilometres.   "A fuel truck to Dar will spend a week on average while it spends more.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 26th August 2015

The Hoima-Lokichar-Lamu crude oil pipeline is a priority project for the government as Kenya looks to tap the crude oil billions to accelerate development.   Speaking on Thursday at State House, Nairobi when he hosted a Japanese business delegation, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the pipeline will open up northern Kenya and accelerate the entire East African regional development.   "The discovery of oil and gas in Kenya,.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 24th August 2015

 Mozambique announced closure of the Fifth Licensing round of 15 blocks with hydrocarbon potential in the offshore areas of Rovuma, Zambezi and Angoche, and the onshore areas of Pande-Temane and Palmeira on July 30, 2015. Following a call for applicants that commenced in October 2014, the nation emerged from the Request for application  process with seven successful applicants, from which, ‘Majors; Shell, ENI, TOTAL, Russian.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 22nd August 2015

 Wentworth Resources has announced that gas deliveries have now commenced to the new transnational pipeline from the the Mnazi Bay joint venture in Tanzania.   Currently two wells are now producing and the remaining three wells will be put on production in the coming months according to the company.   “We are very pleased to announce that production from Mnazi Bay has now commenced and the Mnazi Bay joint venture is the.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 21st August 2015

 Zarara Oil and Gas plans to drill a well in Block L4 in 2016 after postponing its earlier planned date in 2015 according to a company representative who spoke to OilNews Kenya.   With the postponement the company will be banking on the hope that the Ministry of Energy will be extending their license that expires this year.   The delay could have arisen from the difficulty in raising money in the wake of the global oil prices.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 17th August 2015

Nigeria’s Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) has announced that its refinery would start operations by the end of August. Alhaji Saidu Aliyu Mohammed, managing director of KRPC, made the announcement while delivering an address at the opening ceremony of the Annual Energy Correspondents Workshop in Kano. Mohammed said, “Replacement of the weak segments of the pipeline is ongoing. The repair work is expected to be.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 17th August 2015

Kenya and neighbouring Uganda have agreed on the route of a planned US$4.5bn oil pipeline, the link that will transport crude from companies including Tullow Oil.   The pipeline will pass through the Lokichar Basin in northern Kenya, Manoah Esipisu, spokesperson for Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. The countries had also discussed building the link through southern Kenya and the capital Nairobi. The agreed design will be the cheapest to.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 17th August 2015

Two tankers carrying LNG from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) are due to berth at Spanish regasification terminals today, according to ship tracking data. The 148,300 cu m LNG Imo vessel, according to PLATT, is due at Spain's 11.8 Bcm/year Cartagena terminal, while the LNG Ogun, with a capacity of 149,600 cu m, is expected at the seven Bcm/year Bilbao terminal. The Imo was last seen passing Gibraltar while the Ogun is currently sailing.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 17th August 2015