The EWURA_PAU_&EACOP team listen to a TotalEnergies supervisor at the Tilenga Industrial Park that will host the CPF The Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) of Tanzania has applauded Uganda for its robust local content plans and management in the nascent oil and gas sector. EWURA regulates oil related
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Women’s access to jobs, their employment conditions and a persistent pay gap, have barely improved worldwide in nearly two decades, in a new blow for equality, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation. The jobs gap for women is a stubborn and damaging reality of the global
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Philippe Groueix (C), General Manager, TotalEnergies EP Uganda celebrates with staff of TotalEnergies EP Uganda and representatives of 21 contractor companies who received awards in commemoration of the achievement of 10-million-man hours without lost time injuries on the Tilenga project during an event at the Industrial Area in Buliisa District.
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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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Mr. Ernest Rubondo receiving the African Petroleum Regulator of the year award in Nigeria The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has been recognized as the petroleum regulator of the year in Sub Saharan Africa. The award was presented to Mr. Ernest Rubondo, the Executive Director at the PAU, during the
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Religious leaders led by Rev Borald Matovu (C) umbrella their body GreenFaith address journalists at Kampala Forest Cottages. A section of religious leaders have written to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to intervene against ills inflicted against residents in the Bunyoro sub-region by the ongoing East African Crude Oil Pipeline
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The petroleum marketing industry in Uganda experienced mixed fortunes over the last six months as the importation of diesel (AGO) significantly fell below that of petrol (PMS) as uncertainties in the economy continued. According to records at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and at the Uganda Revenue Authority,
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By Ali Ssekatawa In October 2022, international oil companies reported record profits because of high crude oil prices. Exxon Mobil broke records with its profits in the third quarter, raking in US$19.7b in net income, a nearly US$2b increase from its second quarter. TotalEnergies SE posted a sharp jump in
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President Museveni launched the commencement of drilling of the oil wells for the Kingfisher oil field Uganda’s oil industry registered another key milestone on January 24, 2022, with the launch of the spudding (commencement of drilling of the oil wells) for the Kingfisher oil field. CNOOC Uganda Limited operates the Kingfisher
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Ernest N.T. Rubondo, the Executive Director at Petroleum Authority of Uganda says about $580 Million (Shs2.13 trillion) is expected to be invested in KFDA in 2023 Ugandans are increasingly benefiting from the ongoing oil activities . Speaking at the commissioning of spudding(Commencement of Drilling) of Kingfisher Oilfield wells on Tuesday in Buhuka,
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