Soma Oil & Gas acquires seismic data offshore Somalia
Somalia has announced that Soma Oil & Gas has completed the offshore seismic acquisition programme across an evaluation area of 122,000 sq km
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East African nations to give single firm the contract for oil pipeline
Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan will invite bids in June this year for a single consultant to oversee the building of an oil pipeline to transport crude to the Kenyan coast, a senior energy official said
Tower Resources signs farm-in deal with Taipan Resources for Kenya’s onshore block
Tower Resources, AIM-listed Africa-focused oil and gas exploration company, has signed a farm-in agreement for Block 2B located in Anza Basin onshore Kenya
Uganda takes over Ngassa oilfield from Tullow Oil
The Ugandan government has taken over the Ngassa oilfield and it is likely to begin pumping oil by 2017
Lekoil Oil and Gas to acquire stake in Nigerian oilfield
Lekoil Oil and Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lekoil Nigeria, will acquire a 40 per cent participating and economic interest in the Otakikpo Marginal Field from Green Energy International Limited
