Oil & Gas

February 28, 2025

Uganda To Announce Oil Bidding Round

Uganda is expected to make an announcement on the third oil bidding round in the second quarter of this calendar year as the country seeks for more oil resources to support two key projects – the crude oil pipeline and oil refinery – that are both due for commissioning within five years. In November…

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February 20, 2025

EACOP Loan Has Been Secured

All the debt (loans) needed for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has been sourced and signed off, according to our reliable sources. The acquisition of the last batch of debt from China was the last major hurdle for the construction of the world’s longest underground heated crude oil pipe…

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4 min read

January 4, 2025

Court Orders URA To Pay Heritage $193m After Flawed Tax Calculation In Tullow Deal

The Commercial Division of the High Court of Uganda has ordered the Uganda Revenue Authority to refund $45 million (plus interest) to Heritage Oil and Gas Limited, after ruling that the tax body erroneously computed the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when omitting to add Heritage’s exploration costs of $15…

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October 20, 2024

Global Gases’ Cylinder Production Plant To Boost LPG Usage In Uganda

Global Gases Group will establish a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility and cylinder manufacturing and filling plants in Luzira, Kampala after signing a Supply and Purchase Agreement with the Government of Uganda. The plant will produce 500,000 cylinders annually for consumers in Uganda i…

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August 30, 2024

Why Uganda Cannot Consider Broad ‘Cost Recovery’ Demands From Oil Subcontractors

Abdul Kibuuka, the founder and executive director, True North Consult, a manpower services company, has questioned why the laws that govern cost recovery in Uganda’s oil and gas industry do not include subcontractors amongst the beneficiaries. Speaking during an NTV studio interview last month, as p…

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August 21, 2024

Nankabirwa Says EACOP Financial Closure Due Soon

Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, used her second media briefing of the year to raise hope about the progress in Uganda’s oil and gas industry, and allay fears over the delay in sourcing the much-needed debt for the construction of a crude oil pipeline, saying the coun…

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July 31, 2024

UNOC Seeks 2D Seismic Data For Kasuruban Oil Block

The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) is seeking bidders to undertake a survey that will inform its decision on where to drill for oil at the Kasuruban Contract Area. The company, which manages Uganda’s commercial interests in the oil industry, recently issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) call f…

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July 21, 2024

Nankabirwa Urges New PAU Board To Serve Diligently As Uganda’s First Oil Looms

Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development has reminded Lynda Biribonwa, the new Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) board chairperson and her fellow board members of the “crucial responsibility” they have “to ensure the delivery of Uganda’s First Oil”. She has encouraged them t…

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May 24, 2024

Securing Land Rights For Uganda’s Oil Project Development

Like the old adage goes, “a clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It must go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.” Over the past few years, Uganda’s approach to land acquisition for oil and gas infrastructure has emerged as a beacon of best practices for mega p…

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4 min read

April 1, 2024

Ruto’s Vital Role In UNOC’s Petroleum Importation Deal

It took the intervention of Kenya President William Ruto to break the deadlock in the negotiations that will see Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) start direct importation of petroleum products through the Port of Mombasa, using Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) infrastructure. Ruth Nankabirwa, the Mini…

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4 min read

January 26, 2024

Oil Refinery Deal Confirms UAE’s Growing Influence In Uganda

Uganda has chosen Alpha MBM Investments LLC, an Emirati company, to finance and construct a proposed 60,000 barrels-of-oil-per-day refinery; the strongest indication yet of the country’s decision to turn to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to develop key major projects. The selection of Alpha MBM LLC,…

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November 28, 2023

Mugira’s Dream Alive As More Inspecta Engineers Attain NSL Certification

In 2006 Hardman Petroleum made the first commercial discovery of oil and gas in the Kayiso Tonya area in the Bunyoro region in western Uganda. The discovery not only excited the company and the government – which was rightly anticipating a major boost to the economy – but it equally thrilled many Ug…

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