Oil & Gas

October 15, 2023

PAU Okays Resumption Of Works At CNOOC’s Kingfisher

Works at the CNOOC Uganda’s Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA) in Kikuube District, have resumed following the lifting of a suspension of operations by the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) on Friday October 13, 2023. The suspension followed a fatal accident at the KFDA last Friday, where a securi…

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October 7, 2023

Operations At CNOOC Uganda’s Kingfisher Oilfield Halted After Death

All field operations at CNOOC Uganda Limited’s (CUL) Kingfisher oilfield have been halted by the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) following a fatal accident at the project area on Friday, October 6, 2023. We understand that while opening the camp gate to allow access to an oncoming truck, a secur…

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March 2, 2023

French Court Grants TotalEnergies A Reprieve – For Now

DEI – A French civil court has dismissed a lawsuit brought against TotalEnergies over its oil projects in Uganda and Tanzania on a technicality. Under the suit filed in 2019, six Ugandan and French activist groups accused the company of failing to protect the project affected persons (PAPs) and the …

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February 21, 2023

Uganda’s Oil Industry Following Best Practices In Land Acquisition

By Ali Ssekatawa During the next 5 -10 years, Uganda’s land acquisition processes for oil and gas infrastructure will become the benchmark for best practices for mega projects that require large chunks of land. The success of any mega infrastructure or construction project, as is in the case of the …

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February 19, 2023

Uganda Women Seek Substantial Representation In Oil, Mining, Energy

DEI – The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) is leading efforts to establish the Women in Energy and Extractives Network (WEEN) – an initiative that aims at promoting the participation of women in the oil and gas, mining and energy sectors. WEEN, which will run as a non-governmental organization onc…

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February 5, 2023

Uganda National Oil Company To Recover 65% Of Its Costs

By Assad Mugenyi The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) will only recover 65 per cent of its expenditure once it gets its Kasuruban Contract Area to the production stage, says Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development. The minister was speaking earlier this week at the signing …

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January 25, 2023

Uganda: Three Oil Blocks To Bounce Back In Third Licensing Round

By Jeff Mbanga At least three oil blocks will be part of Uganda’s third licensing round, which is scheduled to be announced in May. The ministry of Energy says it will announce the third licensing round during the East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition that will take place in Kampala, in M…

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January 24, 2023

Uganda Starts Oil Drilling Today

By Assad Mugenyi DEI – Uganda will start drilling oil for production today when President Yoweri Museveni officially commissions the rig at the Kingfisher oil field located in Kikuube district. The watershed moment comes almost two decades after the first commercial discovery of oil was made in Ugan…

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January 18, 2023

Interview: Uganda’s Oil Sector Is Not As Profitable As It Was In The Past

At the height of the oil and gas exploration period in Uganda 10 years ago, Threeways Shipping Services Limited was one of the biggest local companies operating in the industry. With revenue turnover of more than $30 million, the company was the embodiment of local resilience and might. And then exp…

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January 15, 2023

UNOC Seeks Partner, After Uganda Awards New Oil Exploration Licenses

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) is to sign production sharing agreements (PSAs) and grant exploration licences – for an initial two-year period – with the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) and DGR Energy Turaco Uganda Limited, according to a recent Uganda cabinet resolution. U…

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January 13, 2023

Central Bank Governor Says Uganda’s Debt Relief Is Tied To Oil Revenues

Michael Atingi-Ego, Bank of Uganda’s acting governor, says the country hopes to offset its debt burden using oil revenues once production starts in 2025 as projected. Uganda is currently servicing a debt of about $900 million, the governor said. “We have advised government that any commercial loans …

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November 13, 2022

EnviroServ Acquires Specialist Trucks From Victoria Motors To Manage Oil Waste

EnviroServ, a waste management services company, has received seven specialist trucks to help in the transportation of both liquid and solid oil waste that will be generated during drilling activities at the Tilenga oilfields. The seven Renault branded trucks that were handed over on Thursday are pa…

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