National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) has signed a MoU with the US-based global oilfield services company Schlumberger, a move that aims to explore new oil blocks in the eastern African country, boosting its oil and gas industry

Uganda has signed an agreement with international companies to construct a US$4bn oil refinery in the country’s Hoima district, thus developing oil and gas opportunities in the East African nation

Ashtead Technology, the international subsea equipment specialist, has selected SPRINT-Nav systems from Sonardyne International Ltd, a move that aims to support Ashtead’s offshore oil and gas projects using ROVs and AUVs in water depths down to 4,000 metres

South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has received an order worth US$58mn from Dangote Oil Refining Company to build 15 bullet tanks that will store 75,000 cu/m of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)