A recent report by Business Consultants Ernst and Young indicate that Private equity (PE) firms are preparing to invest in global oil and gas sector despite the recent slump in prices. The firm through a survey on about 100 PE firms observed that about 25 per cent of the PE firms are planning acquisitions before the
Why Uganda must win hearts of Environmentalist if it chooses Tanzania in Oil Pipeline Project
The signs are clear that Uganda is considering Tanzania Northeastern Port of Tanga as the most profitable route for it’s oil export pipeline project other than Kenya’s Lamu. This move is likely to be a thorn in Kenya’s foot if the amount of technical investment East Africa’s economic powerhouse has incurred to bring the project
IMF predicts higher Economic growth rate for Mozambique from new Gas discoveries
By Agencies… The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Mozambique’s average growth rate during the first half of the next decade could reach the staggering figure of 24 per cent per annum. This optimism is based on the assumption that gas processing facilities in the Rovuma Basin, in the far north of the country, will
New Reservoir discovery makes ‘Africa Oil’ stronger in Kenya Oil sector
Africa Oil announced that the Etom-2 well in Block 13T in northern Kenya has discovered 102 metres of net oil pay. The company in a press statement indicated that Oil samples, sidewall cores and wire line logging all indicate the presence of high API oil in the best quality reservoir encountered in the South Lokichar
Brian Sallery on the future and potential of Uganda’s Oil and Gas Industry
Brian Sallery is an expert in the Oil and Gas Sector. He is an adviser to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards on Health and Safety Policies in Uganda’s Oil and Gas sector. He has worked with Statoil, written a column on Uganda’s Oil and Gas sector in the East African Business Week and is
Why Uganda will not benefit from the slump in Global Oil Prices
When Ugandans query the constant upsurge in oil prices, they are often reminded by fuel dealers that the global oil price trends largely driven by the Middle East suppliers especially Saudi Arabia are the reason to blame. However, developments in the recent past suggest that the dealers only use the global oil prices as the
Japan’s Toyota Tsusho wins contract to design Uganda-Kenya pipeline
Japan’s Toyota Tsusho has won a contract to design an oil export pipeline from Uganda to Kenya’s coast, a Kenyan official says. According to Joseph Njoroge, the Kenya Energy Ministry’s principal secretary, Toyota Tsusho, the company awarded the contract for the feasibility study and preliminary engineering design must submit their report within the next five
Why Tullow Oil PLC is cutting expenditure elsewhere and focusing on exploration in East Africa
Amid-st the turbulent rage of the faltering oil prices Tullow Oil PLC has resolved to revise its investment priorities and focus on East Africa and Ghana in West Africa come 2015. In an Interim Management Statement issued on 12th November 2015 Tullow indicated that though exploration will remain a key part of the company’s future
World Bank to inject $600 in the Uganda- Kenya Oil pipeline
The World Bank has pledged to inject $600 to facilitate the construction of a regional pipeline linking oil fields in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan. In a statement made on Monday the World Bank said that the funds would be provided by its private- lending arm, the International Finance Corporation. The fund is part of
Kenyan government to close East Africa’s only refinery before end of year
East Africa is on the verge of losing its only oil refinery, the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Ltd which faces eminent closure after the Kenyan government has considered plans to modernize it as untenable. The Kenya Energy Ministry says modernizing East Africa’s only crude oil processing facility is currently costing the economy Sh5 billion a