Somalia has invited Turkey to carry out offshore oil exploration works in the territorial waters of the African country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, as reported by Continue Reading
The U.S. military said that an attack on a shared military base by Somalia’s al Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab on Sunday killed three Americans, highlighting the threat the Islamist group still poses Continue Reading
The Sudd: Microbes in saturated soils will produce methane Scientists think they can now explain at least part of the recent growth in methane (CH4) levels in the atmosphere. Researchers, Continue Reading
Somalia is preparing for the launch of its first-ever crude oil licensing round, with details about it to be announced in December, the country’s oil minister told media. “We are Continue Reading
Exxon could announce the final investment decision for the Rovuma LNG project in Mozambique tomorrow, according to the African country’s government. Exxon has denied the report, the Globe and Mail Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell ( RDSa.L ) and Exxon Mobil ( XOM.N ) are looking to re-enter the market in Somalia ahead of an oil block bid round taking place later Continue Reading
Motorists here have expressed concern over service stations which are charging for fuel in US dollars only despite a directive from Government that they should accept all forms of payment. Continue Reading
The diplomatic spat between Kenya and Somalia was poised to take a turn for the worse after leaked Somalia government documents showed that Mogadishu had put on auction offshore oil Continue Reading
Multinational oil and gas companies’ increasing shift towards low carbon investments is threatening the future of discoveries in East Africa, a region that was regarded as a frontier for hydrocarbons. Continue Reading
The Somali government says it’s not ready to take any action that could threaten its relationship with its neighbor Kenya. The announcement comes amidst simmering tensions over potential offshore oil Continue Reading
Winding fuel queues are now the order of the day in the country. It has become apparent that the Zimbabwean government is failing to sustain its fuel subsidy in the Continue Reading
South Sudan and South Africa have inked an exploration and production sharing deal for oil in a sign that South Sudan is well on its way to put its best Continue Reading
Mozambique, on the verge of being transformed with the development of major LNG export projects, needs to improve government finances and the country’s social environment for the projects to generate Continue Reading
Despite a national image of support to peace and development worldwide, a central agenda of Norway in Somalia for over a decade has entailed methodical maneuvering to control petroleum resources. Continue Reading
Omar al-Bashir, long-term President of Sudan, was toppled from power by the military on Thursday and placed under “heavy guard”, following months of protests against the government and its handling Continue Reading
The removal of long-time Sudanese dictator Omar Bashir by the Sudanese army has been hailed by some as a sign of a new “Arab Spring”. From a Western point of Continue Reading
Diesel shortages are currently a major problem for Sudan that faces economic troubles, which is why, Khartoum is interested in any foreign assistance, Sudanese Ambassador to Moscow Nadir Babiker told Continue Reading
China has long been criticized for imposing massive debt on developing countries as well as securing their natural resources to help them build up infrastructure with funding by Beijing, something Continue Reading
Tanzania’s government will start this month talks with major international firms to define the commercial terms for a deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of the east Continue Reading
Government yesterday signed a multi-billion deal with the China Railway Seventh Group to design and construct Masindi-Biso, Kabaale-Kizirafumbi and Hohwa-Nyairongo-Kyarushesha-Butole road. The 97km road is part of the 700km critical Continue Reading
Sudan considers oil and gas exploration blocks offered by Egypt in the Red Sea’s Halayeb area as a direct intrusion into Sudanese territory, Saad al-Deen Hussein al-Bishri, minister of state Continue Reading
The scandal of siphoned fuel at Kenya Pipeline Company deepened on Wednesday after it emerged that 51 million litres of jet fuel, worth Sh5 billion, has gone missing from the Continue Reading
Militants have attacked Anadarko’s LNG project in Mozambique in what is the first attack on the oil and gas industry in the African country, Bloomberg reports , citing Portuguese news Continue Reading
Hundreds of people were left stranded late Monday after a sudden shortage of fuel with public transport operators hiking fares. Reports of people walking on foot to areas like Glen Continue Reading
The Kenyan government has warned that it will not cede an inch of its soil in the disputed maritime border with Somalia even as it affirmed that it is committed Continue Reading
Kenya has recalled its ambassador to Somalia Lt. Gen. Lucas Tumbo after it emerged that oil and gas blocks in disputed territorial areas were auctioned to the United Kingdom. According Continue Reading
The Norwegian consultancy firm that gathered data on Mogadishu’s oil stock in the Indian Ocean says it only worked on blocks in Somali territory. The information gathered by Spectrum Geo Continue Reading
Crude oil deposits discovered in Kenya are insufficient to justify construction of a refinery, a senior petroleum ministry official said on Tuesday. Kenya discovered commercial oil in 2012 in its Lokichar Continue Reading
Tokyo Gas Co, Japan’s largest gas utility and a major LNG player, and British energy supplier Centrica agreed on Tuesday to jointly purchase 2.6 million tonnes of LNG per year Continue Reading
Somalia is set to inch close to oil exploration with the unveiling of the block delineation and legal and regulatory framework to guide the sector on Thursday. The move is Continue Reading
South Sudan has begun to repair and pump oil from wells damaged in the civil war and will ramp up production by the end of the year, the oil minister Continue Reading
On Monday morning, Mozambican soldiers opened fire to disperse protesters calling for natural gas projects to be suspended until more pressing issues, particularly fundamentalist insurgents, are dealt with. Nonetheless, Mozambique Continue Reading
It is often said that climate change will hurt the world’s poorest people first. Nowhere is that potentially truer than in Somaliland , an unrecognised state in the Horn of Continue Reading
The field of global liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers will get even more crowded going forward. U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil said Monday that it, along with project partners in Continue Reading
Exxon has secured long-term purchasing commitments for liquefied natural gas from its Rovuma project in Mozambique, moving closer to a final investment decision on a facility that will add as Continue Reading
War-torn South Sudan could become a significant oil producer in the region if the country can manage to maintain a peace deal reached between warring sides in September. However, according Continue Reading
Fuel service stations are getting the normal supplies of a combined eight million litres daily, but panic buying by motorists in anticipation of a price increase and the festive season Continue Reading
The Zimbabwean oil crisis, largely caused by poor planning on the nations’ government, has reached an all-time low, which has now resulted in the dwindling fuel supplies reaching a critical Continue Reading
By Gift Phiri, Blessings Mashaya, Jeffrey Muvundusi and Bernard Chiketo Government assured motorists yesterday that there were no shortages of fuel and urged them not to engage in panic buying Continue Reading
Russia’s Gazprom Neft has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Sudan to explore four oil blocks, South Sudan’s petroleum minister said on Tuesday. The oil arm of Russian gas Continue Reading
Sudan expects it will be able to launch a bidding round for oil and gas blocks in the country in the third quarter of 2019 , Sudan’s Petroleum Minister Azhari Continue Reading
President Mnangagwa yesterday officially announced the discovery of oil and gas in the greater Muzarabani area by Australian Stock Exchange-listed company Invictus Energy stretching over 200km. The size of the Continue Reading
Rome-based Eni, which earlier this decade led the discovery of an estimated 85 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Mozambique, on Wednesday signed an accord in Maputo that will Continue Reading
Fuel shortages intensified across the country as long queues formed at service stations that were selling the commodity amid widespread panic-buying of basic goods blamed on government’s new austerity measures. Continue Reading
A Chinese state oil major that already dominates most of South Sudan’s oil production is poised to play an even larger role in the African country’s efforts to boost its Continue Reading
Attendants at stations that lacked fuel, he said, told him that petrol quickly ran out on Wednesday as the shortage started to bite. Matatu drivers have also indicated that they Continue Reading
A fuel crisis has hit the country following a boycott by Kenya Independent Petroleum Distributors over the 16% VAT on fuel. Long queues were witnessed at various petrol stations as Continue Reading
Seven years after South Sudan became independent, leaving behind a sanguinary civil war, it finally reached the point where it places its bets on development and not on incessant internal Continue Reading
Sudan and China are close to signing new deals on oil and gas exploration that Chinese companies would carry out in the African country, Sudan’s ambassador to China Ahmed Shawir Continue Reading
The United Arab Emirates will build an oil pipeline connecting Eritrea’s port city of Assab with Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian state-affiliated broadcaster said on Friday. Fana Broadcasting said Continue Reading
