RAK Gas MB 45 Limited, a gas and oil exploration firm, in collaboration with Akatswiri Consultancy and Enviro Consultancy, says it has completed an environmental impact assessment on oil exploration in Machinga, Salima and Mangochi. The firm’s director of media and public relations Martin Kansichi said in an interview on Monday they are ready to […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau has launched investigation into whether money corruptly changed hands during the rushed signing of production-sharing agreements in regard to three of Malawi’s petroleum blocks just eight days before May 20 2014 elections in the country. The probe was requested by a range of Malawian civil society organisations and international NGO Oxfam. The awarding […]
There have been fevered speculation that the root of the oil and gas exploration messes that is causing Lilongwe serious headaches can be traced to corruption and the licensed investors are behaving larger-than-life with latest published reports indicating they snubbed officials at Capital Hill who had called for a meeting with them. According to Ministry […]
Malawi government is set to cancel, then, renegotiate production sharing agreements (PSAs) with companies licensed to explore oil and gas in the country, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu has confirmed. According to published reports on Sunday, government has completed reviewing the matter and that a final announcement will be made soon, after […]
The three companies controlling five of the six oil and gas exploration blocks – Rak Gas, Pacific Oil and Hamra Oil Holdings Limited -are controlled by one group designed to get a Lions share of the oil blocks by using any trick in or outside the book, Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale has noted in […]