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October 5, 2023 by ucem
On the 12th of August , the East African Crude Oil Pipeline launched the first of the many to come Field Liaison office in Hoima. Details of the event and the key highlights are captured in a press release of the project brief available in the offline file and on the project website the document below.
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The oil and gas Industrial Baseline Survey released by international oil companies placed huge technical and financial demands on the government to meet conditions for the country’s population to benefit from employment opportunities in the sector. This week, the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum ( UCMP) 90 Days of oil and gas campaigns delves […]
Day 5 #90daysofoil – The Kabaale Industrial Park Two macro-economic studies done for the refinery on one hand and the Kabaale Industrial Park (KIP) on the other hand shows the projects will contribute $3.3billion and $4.9billion respectively to GDP annually. Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) Limited, a wholly owned government company that will oversee the […]
#90daysofoil The anticipated construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has unlocked Uganda’s potential as a regional logistics hub, ultimately, linking it to a cheaper and shorter trade route to the sea and regionally. EACOP is a 1, 443km export pipeline that will transport crude oil from Kabaale in western Uganda to the […]
Day 28 #90Daysofoil Mr. Patrick Mweheire is the Chairman of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) and also the regional group Chief executive of Standard Bank Group Eastern Africa over seeing Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan, and Ethiopia.He is also the former chairman of Uganda Banker Association. Discourse East Africa hosted him on twitter […]
Day 27 #90daysofoil TotalEnergies, the operator of Tilenga oil and gas project shall employ an embedded mitigation, a system that incorporates physical design features and management measures to protect the environment during production. The embedded mitigation is based on International Industry Practice (GIIP) which is intended to avoid, or control potentially significant environmental impacts. “As […]
Day 22 #90daysofoil In the fourth week of the 90 Days of oil and gas, the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) brings you insights as to how the sector is striving to achieve the balance between development and the environment. The week’s theme runs as thus “Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)for […]
#90DaysofoilThe Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Dr. Barirega Akankwasa and Mr. Isaac Ntujju, Head of oil and gas at NEMA spoke to ElisonKaruhanga on twitter spaces on 31st July 2022 about the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report for all the oil and gas projects: King Fisher, Tilenga and East […]
Yantai Port China: 29th July 2022: The most advanced Chinese oil drilling equipment in the oil and gas Industry exploration and development sector which was represented by the ‘Drilog and Welleader’ system and the land rig ‘LR8001’ is being shipped to Uganda. This marked CNOOC’s great increase of technical resource investment in oilfield exploration and […]
Day 9 #90aysofOil #Ugandaoil Notwithstanding detractors in Uganda’s oil and gas project, government has affirmed that the project is on course to deliver much needed socio-economic transformation as it addresses energy poverty, unemployment and potential boost to other sectors of the economy. “As a country we are pursuing socio-economic transformation and not just growth. We […]
DAY 8 #90DaysOfOil – Assessing the Socio-Economic Transformation and Linkages thus far- comparing the “before” and “after”. In its second week of 90 Days of oil and gas, Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum UCMP explores how the sector is transforming lives of common citizens and the economy generally. The week’s themes run as thus “Assessing the […]
