By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber When examining how fossil fuel exploration, production, and usage differ between African and more developed nations, the contrast is so stark that it essentially defines the core mission of the African Energy Chamber (AEC). We exist not to bring these rates on
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State Minister For Energy, Opolot Okasai speaking at the opening of the 4th Annual National Content Conference which opened on Wednesday at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The government will continue to explore oil and gas resources in the various basins of Uganda despite talks about the shift from fossil fuels. State
Read MoreWalking Rig in Buliisa District where TotalEnergies is drilling for oil/Business Focus photo Major contracts for construction activities for the Tilenga project have been awarded two years after a Final Investment Decision (FID) for the project was taken. The project is located in Bulisa and Nwoya districts and is led
Read MoreRevealed: Details About World’s Longest Heated Crude Oil Pipeline Using Hi-Tech Satellite Technology to Minimise Environmental Damage Threat
A map showing the route of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Details of what will be the world’s longest heated crude oil pipeline, carrying oil from Uganda to the Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania, have been revealed showing how a cocoon of electrical and fibre-optic cables along its entire 1,443 km length will provide heat
Read MoreEnergy and Mineral Development Minister , Ruth Nankbirwa was in Tanzania last week to meet President Samia Suluhu Hassan and briefed her about Uganda’s proposed policy for bulk importation and supply of petroleum products to reduce fuel prices/Courtsey Photo Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has defended the registration of a branch in
Read MoreOil related activities have intensified The 2022/23 annual report by Bank of Uganda has revealed the Petroleum Fund has Shs227bn as at June 2023 that was earned through various oil activities. The report indicated that as of 1st July 2022, the amount in the Petroleum Fund was US$5.4Mn (Shs20.268Bn) for
Read MoreMinister Ruth Nankabirwa tabled the Bill The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, has tabled the Petroleum Supply (Amendment) Bill, 2023 that seeks to regulate the importation and supply of petroleum products in Uganda. She tabled the Bill during the plenary sitting of Tuesday, 31 October 2023 chaired
Read MoreMajor Milestone Reached In Uganda’s Oil Project As Chinese Supplier Meets Deadline For First 100km Of `Smart Crude Oil Pipeline
PAU Officials inspecting the EACOP Pipe casings at the PCK Pipe Mill workshop at Lianyungang, jiangsu Province. Panyu Chu Kong (PCK) Steel Pipe Co., Ltd, the company contracted to supply line pipes to the East Africa Crude Oil pipeline (EACOP) has said the first batch of 100 kilometres of pipes
Read MoreFuel trucks heading to Uganda Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, has revealed that starting January 2024, all Uganda’s Oil and Marketing Companies will purchase their fuel and gas products from Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) in order to end Uganda’s reliance on Kenya for its fuel
Read MoreThe Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, speaking during the plenary sitting on Wednesday 25 October 2023 Government is on track to ensure that the first drop of oil is produced by the end of 2025, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, has
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