Africa Oil executes Rift Basin Area production agreement in Ethiopia
Africa Oil has announced the signing of a new production sharing agreement covering the 42,500 sq km Rift Basin Area in Ethiopia
Africa Oil/Tullow Oil’s East Africa Drilling
The aggressive drilling program undertaken by Africa Oil Corp. and Tullow Oil in Kenya is expected to continue in the coming months. The drilling program has already resulted in two significant discoveries for the partners.
Tullow and Africa Oil currently have three rigs active in East Africa.
Africa Oil reported that the testing program on the Twiga discovery in Kenya’s Block 13T is currently underway with final results expected to be announced in early-February.
Busy oil exploration year places Kenya above neighbours
Kenya has become the hottest oil and gas venue in East Africa since big discoveries were made in the country’s virgin oilfields last April. All eyes are on Kenya in 2013 to see how quickly and economically they can develop those discoveries into production.
Nairobi-based Taipan Resources Inc is the fourth largest acreage owner in Kenya, and is getting ready to carry out seismic on Block 2B.
Kenya, Uganda issue tenders to build oil pipeline
The governments of Kenya and Uganda have issued tenders for the construction of a 350 km oil pipeline linking the Kenyan town of Eldoret to the Ugandan capital Kampala.
