Along with Tanzania and Uganda, Kenya is emerging as a new destination for oil and gas explorers after several hydrocarbons deposits in commercially viable quantities were found in the East Africa region. The extent of Kenya’s oil and gas reserves is still being determined and estimates vary widely, but some government projections suggest that its reserves could exceed Uganda’s expected...
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Articles & Analysis | The development of a land bridge to transport oil across East Africa could transform the region from The Report: Kenya 2014
Kenya has long carried out exploratory drilling – a total of 31 exploration wells were drilled between 1960 and February 2012 – but until recently it did not record any significant finds. This changed in March 2012, when Tullow Oil announced an oil discovery at the Ngamia-1 well in Turkana. As of July 2014, a further 16 wells had been drilled, of which 11 were discovery...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Martin Mbogo, Country Manager, Tullow Oil from The Report: Kenya 2014
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Davis Chirchir, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum from The Report: Kenya 2014
How will the recent oil discoveries in Kenya affect its import bill, local reserves and export capacity?
Articles & Analysis | Commercially viable discoveries lay the groundwork for the domestic oil and gas industry from The Report: Kenya 2014
Along with Tanzania and Uganda, Kenya is emerging as a new destination for oil and gas explorers after several hydrocarbons deposits in commercially viable quantities were found in the East Africa region. A series of onshore and offshore oil and gas finds in Kenya suggest that the country has the potential to become a hydrocarbons exporter, as well as a regional energy...
Economic update | Saudi Arabia powering up
18 Nov 2014
The first wave of state-backed solar power stations in Saudi were recently unveiled as part of a much larger commitment to diversify the Kingdom’s electricity generation capacity.