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October 5, 2023 by ucem
DAY 4 #90DaysOfOil Once the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is completed, the 1,443-kilometer-long line electrically heated pipeline will transport crude oil from Kabaale in Hoima district, western Uganda, to the sea port of Tanga in Tanzania. The EACOP shall be fed by 2 feeder pipelines. A 95 km feeder pipeline from […]
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DAY 3 #90DaysOfOil #Kingfisher In the serene environment of Kikuube district in western Uganda lies King Fisher Development Area (KFDA), a unique oil and gas field – partly onshore and partly offshore- exposing Uganda’s richness- waters, flora and fauna above and mineral wealth beneath. China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) operates this field. In the […]
Part 1-The Tilenga project updates Site preparation in the industrial area for mega oil and gas infrastructure construction is halfway complete, a move that has seen TotalEnergies hand over part of the site to McDermott International, an integrated Engineering, Procurement and Installation service provider to take over. McDermott and Sinopec International Petroleum Services Co. are […]
By Halima Abdallah KisuleUganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) has today launched a campaign geared at creating awareness regarding on going activities and accruing opportunities in the Uganda’s oil and gas sector.The campaign dubbed 90 Days of Oil and Gas shall run between July and October this year. This campaign follows renewed activities in […]
Government is pegging quick fix to current fiscal downturn caused by the COVID 19 pandemic to the commercialisation of oil and gas sector. Joint Venture companies reached a Final Investment Decision (FID) in February, shortly after the full re-opening of the economy. While delivering 2022/2023 budget speech, finance minister Matia Kasaija told the nation that, […]
Throughout my life I never knew I would find some environmental activists objectionable and so counter to African interests. This is disturbing. I give you a woman called Joyce Katushabe who is from Buliisa on oil rich western Uganda. She lives in a one-bedroom grass thatched hut.She used to walk long distances to fetch firewood. She […]
Yoweri K. MuseveniThe discovery of oil in Uganda has been cause for celebration at home. Predictably,however, the Lake Albert basin oil project – which marks a milestone in Uganda’sambition to become an oil producer and exporter – is being met with criticism fromdeveloped and already industrialised nations in the West.
Those asking us to stop are currently consuming the bulk of global energy.
Sectoral linkages are key for the success of the #Ugandaoil projects, Many of the key player exhibited their services at the Just Concluded 8th Annual #oilconvention22.ATA Ntinda Hospital had a chat with Red Pepper’s Moses Oketayot in an interview during the 8th Annual Oil and gas Convention about the Health sector’s contribution to the #Ugandaoil […]
Unlike past conferences where deliberations revolved around preparation in anticipation of the development phase in Uganda’s budding oil and gas industry, the 8th Annual Oil and Gas Convention that ended on Wednesday 13, 2022 at the Serena Kampala Hotel was dominated by discussions on the actual business opportunities that have emerged since the taking of […]
Kikuube, Uganda: 11th February 2022 – CNOOC Uganda Limited, an oil and gas company, today announced the PC1 contractor for the Kingfisher Development Project. Excel Construction Limited, a Ugandan company, has been contracted to construct the well pads, access roads, and water intake points. On 7th February 2022, Excel Construction Limited mobilized their equipment and […]
Paris, February 1, 2022 – During a ceremony held in Kampala, in the presence of Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, Philip Mpango, Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, and representatives of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) […]
