A fuel tanker on display during the launch of UNOC’s bulk fuel import initiative/Business Focus photo. In a high-stakes decision taken against a backdrop of swelling public debt, Parliament has sanctioned UNOC’s plan to borrow USD 2 billion (about UGX 7.11 trillion) from global energy trader Vitol Bahrain. The proposed
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Joshua Lukaye, an Assistant Commissioner at the Ministry of Energy The government is ready to file a defense in a court case in which a Congolese civil society group and fishermen sued Uganda, DRC, and the EAC Secretary General, over oil and gas developments in the Albertine Graben. The group
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Tony Otoa, the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at National Oil Company (UNOC) and Zakaria Lubega of CNOOC at a dialogue. Photo by ACCODE Ugandans will have to wait much longer before they see the country’s refined petroleum products, as the Uganda National Oil Company confirms that the planned refinery in
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Dr Jimmy Mugerwa - Project Director at the IEC delivers the keynote address on day 2 As the 6th Annual National Content Conference entered its final day, Ugandan enterprises supplying or seeking to supply goods and services to the oil and gas sector were urged to broaden their horizons and
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Earnest Rubondo, Executive Director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda The Executive Director of Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), Earnest Rebondo, says Ugandans should not look at the specific day when oil will start flowing out of the wells at the Kingfisher and Tilenga projects in the Albertine Graben. While
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A group photo of heads of delegations The 6th Annual National Content Conference officially opened today at Mestil Hotel, Kampala, under the theme “Beyond the Drill: Cultivating a Legacy of Empowered Nationals and Enterprises in Uganda’s Oil Age.” The event brings together government officials, industry leaders, regulators, financiers, and Ugandan
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Total's oil drilling rig at work in Buliisa The UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), which has been taking place in Brazil, came to an end on early Saturday, after two weeks of negotiations about curbing global warming. While climate activists return to their countries disappointed, Uganda and other emerging oil
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Ernest Rubondo, the Executive Director the Petroleum Authority of Uganda Uganda’s petroleum sector has recorded an important milestone with an increase in its oil and gas resource estimates. This was confirmed by Mr. Ernest Rubondo, the Executive Director the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) during a media engagement on ten
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Ernest Rubondo, Executive Director at PAU addressing the media about the Authority’s 10 years of existence The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has revealed that since the discovery of oil wells in Uganda in 2006, over US$11.11Bn (UGX40.112Trn) has so far been invested in the oil and gas sector. 20
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Annette Kiconco, dfcu Bank Chief Retail Banking Officer (c) holds a signed Memo with IEC Executives dfcu Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering Ugandan enterprises to participate competitively in the country’s oil and gas sector. Speaking at a Networking Forum hosted by the Industry Enhancement Centre (IEC) in Kololo
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