President Museveni (in white shirt) is joined by other officials to commission the spudding(Commencement of Drilling) of Kingfisher Oilfield wells. President Yoweri Museveni Tuesday officially commissioned the spudding/drilling of oil wells for Kingfisher oilfield in Buhuka, Kikuube district as Uganda moves to have her first oil in 2025. This is
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Cabinet has approved the application by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Company Limited for a license for the construction of the 296 km long East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda. The State Minister of Information Communication Technology – ICT and National Guidance, Godfrey Baluku Kyabyanga, and officials from
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An aerial view of the Kingfisher oil field. Ugandan companies earned Shs3.5 trillion in the exploration stage of oil and gas/Business Focus photo. The Cabinet has finally given green light to the Energy Ministry to grant exploration licenses and sign production-sharing agreements (PSA) for two oil exploration blocks in the
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The Albertine Graben Refinery Project in Hoima will be one of the big oil and gas infrastructure projects to look out for in 2023 in Uganda and Africa. The 60,000 barrels per day refinery is one of the 70 new oil and gas projects that are expected to take off
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The first drilling rig at the Kingfisher Project operated by CNOOC. President Museveni was supposed to Commission the rig on 20th December Following the Final Investment Decision, the commencement of field development, and the arrival of the rigs, there is hope that Tilenga and Kingfisher Developments in the Albertine will
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Speaking during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, having taken place in Washington D.C. on 13 December, Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons and OPEC President for 2023, H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, discussed the importance of oil and gas development in Africa and how exploitation of the continent’s natural resources
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The Works and Transport Minister, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, has vowed to fight tooth and nail to ensure that all driving jobs in the oil sector are exclusively given to Ugandans. Gen Katumba said that he has already recieved information from oil companies that there are no Ugandans with the required
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The APDMF Members at the Opening Ceremony The 7th African Petroleum Data Management Forum Conference (APDMF) has officially opened at the Commonwealth Resort, Munyonyo – Kampala, with a call to participating countries to make petroleum data more valuable. The APDMF comprises of representatives from key government entities from different countries concerned with
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Uganda and African countries with oil and gas discoveries are sitting on wealth in form of data which should be turned into value. African oil and gas data experts say that like elsewhere, Africa needs to safeguard its data, which they are comparing to crude oil given its value. The value
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By Dr. Ian Clarke While I have argued that Uganda should be free to extract its oil from the Lake Albert basin, I am also a strong supporter of Uganda going green. The money derived from the exploitation of oil should be used to prepare us for climate change and
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