VisionRI, a global development consulting firm, recently organized a webinar for an ongoing project named 'Consultancy Services to Review and Update Oil and Gas Standards in Kenya'. The workshop was organized through the Webinar module of VisionRI's web-based project monitoring and evaluation tool Idea M&E. In about two hours of the 'Webinar-Validation Workshop-II', Team Leader Dr. Narendra Vashist addressed the workshop from VisionRI.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 20th August 2020

Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) Tanzania announced that there will be massive importation of fuel to cater for the high demand for petroleum products during the forthcoming General Election.Tanzania is organised to hold the General election on Wednesday 28 October, with campaigns set to stretch from August 26 up to October 27.The authority noted in Dodoma that there was always a fuel business boom during elections,.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 19th August 2020

Oil and Gas exploration fields now have every reason to smile after the government trained more than 350 youth on the fields that have been discussed with International Accreditation Certificates that enable them to work anywhere in the world.The training was taken place by the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) in collaboration with the Vocational Educational and Training Authority (VETA) and International Oil Companies (IOC's).... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 20th August 2020

China Petroleum and Technology Development Co. (CPTDC) has won work to provide natural gas compressors to Orca Energy in southern Tanzania.The Chinese company will design, supply, install and commission natural gas compressors within the Songas facility, on Songo Songo island. Orca said the new equipment would work with previously installed refrigeration to tackle declining reservoir pressure and maximise production.Orca signed the agreement.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 20th August 2020

The Kenyan government plans to initiate taking bids for the second and final cargo from the country's pilot crude export scheme in September.The scheme which involved trucking oil from fields in the South Lokichar basin by road to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa ended at the start of June, two years after it incorporated. Kenya exported its first ever crude cargo, a 240,000 bl shipment, in August last year as part of the pilot scheme.  The.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 14th August 2020

According to Tullow, oil from the Lokichar Basin is set to cost US$25/bbl. to extract and transport. However, the aspect of transportation is yet to be resolved, making their estimates doubtful.An examination by the Oxford Business Group indicates that there is a relatively high wax content in the oil, which could put a dampener on the final production price — likely to trade less than the global benchmark of Brent crude.NGO Oxfam.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 12th March 2020

The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) introduced a Kenya delegation from the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines.The two-day official visit focused on benchmarking and familiarization as the republic of Kenya also follows to the process of setting up a Petroleum Regulatory Authority.The three institutions conducted a series of meetings with the.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 2nd March 2020

The State has introduced the search for suppliers of the six-kilogramme cooking gas cylinders and their accessories.The Petroleum and Mining Ministry said, suppliers of empty cylinders and fittings under the Sh12.2 million tender may be local or international firms which clinch the tender that closes on March 4.In the earlier phase of the gas project, the State seeks to acquire 100,000 new empty 6kg-Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) domestic.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 24th February 2020

Kenya plans to export two crude cargoes a year under the early oil pilot scheme up to late-2023, when first oil from the major Turkana oil development is projected to come online, Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau told S&P Global Plats in a telephone interview earlier last month."We aim to export some 400,000 barrels of crude annually beginning with the financial year 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23," he said. "We want a rigorous.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 5th February 2020

Deep Casing Tools (DCT), the UK-based Oil and Gas Technology development company, has confirmed the employment of 2 agents as part of its strategic development plans in Africa.DCT has selected Africa Oilwell Technology, an Oilfield Services Company, as its partner in Cameroon, Angola,Democratic Republic of Congo , Republic of Congo, Gabon and South Africa. Meanwhile, Omasup Energy Services one of the oil and gas services company, has been.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 30th January 2020

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is putting into action a six-year project to support small firms in Kenya win contracts in the oil, gas and other sectors.The funding for the project dubbed Kenya Local Economic Development Project (LED-Kenya) started in September last year but IFC made the announcement this month without indicating the amount it will spend in the initiative.According to IFC the project will run up to June 2023 with a.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 2nd January 2020

Sinopec, the largest state-owned oil and Gas Company from china, has officially launched its lubricants in Kenya.It is the world's third-largest company, which is listed at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and trades in Shanghai and New York Stock exchanges.Strategising on penetrating Kenya’s market the chemical producer brought key players during its official launch in November this yearSpeaking during the launch Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi,.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 19th December 2019