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Kenya Set To Invite Bids For $1.1 Billion Crude Oil Pipeline Project
Kenya plans to invite bids next month for the development of a $1.1 billion crude pipeline as the East African nation prepares to start exports via the conduit in three years.
Construction of the approximately 820-kilometer (509-mile)…
Activists Demand Details On Kenya Oil Sale Contract With Chinese Firm
Kenya exported its first shipment of oil, worth about $12 million, under a deal with the Chinese petrochemical company, ChemChina. Members of a civil society group are demanding transparency, calling on the Kenyan government to show how the…
Kenya’s First Oil Ignites Revenue Sharing Debate
Kenya exported its first crude oil on Monday, amid pointed speeches by local leaders asking the government to stick to its commitment to share revenues from future shipments equitably.
Although commercial production is years away, the…
Where Did You Sell The Oil? — Lobbyists Question Secrecy Around Kenya’s Oil Export
Kenyan lobbyists have raised concerns over the secrecy surrounding Kenya’s oil exports, saying it does not augur well for transparency in the sector.
President Uhuru Kenyatta recently announced that Kenya had joined the league of oil…
Kenya To Clear Qatari Oil Firm’s ‘Interest’ In Lamu Basin
Kenyan Petroleum Ministry says the East African country will clear a Qataris oil firm to acquire offshore blocks in the presumably oil-rich Lamu Basin.
In July, state-owned Qatar Petroleum acquired stake in three offshore blocks (L11A,…
We Are Now An Oil Exporter — Kenyatta Says After First Oil Sale
Kenya has joined the league of Africa oil exporters after its first consignment of 200,000 barrels fetched $12 million on Thursday afternoon.
That means the sweet light crude sold at $60 per barrel, an uptick of nearly 40 per cent above…
‘We Expect Oil Ships To Dock In August’ — Kenya Renovates Port For First Crude Oil Sale
Officials at Kenya's Mombasa port say renovations are underway at crude oil terminal in preparation for the exportation of the country’s first oil in the coming months.
In a financial statement last month, Tullow Oil Plc — Kenya oil's…
Kenya: Host Community Disrupts Oil Trucking Over Jobs, Alleged Neglect
Drivers from Kenya's oil-rich Turkana region blocked a convoy of trucks ferrying crude oil to the port of Mombasa, demanding inclusion in the oil transportation.
The men who bashed oil companies, government and other stakeholders for…
Kenya, Tanzania Agree To Establish Natural Gas Trade Arrangements
DAR ES SALAAM — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart, John Magufuli, agreed to explore trading in natural gas, which companies including Equinor ASA are looking to develop for export.
They tasked ministers…
Final Investment Decision On Kenya’s South Lokichar Oilfield Could Delay—Tullow
Tullow Oil has conceded that a final investment decision on its planned South Lokichar basin oilfield development in Kenya is likely to slip into next year.
The London-listed independent had until recently been pushing for sanction of…