Oil spill can have a devastating impact on water bodies like Lake Albert where Uganda plans to get oil from. Photo Credit: UNEP The National Oil Spills Contingency plan has been finalized as Oil companies plan for more drilling in the Albertine Graben. We have reliably learned that the plan developed by
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Left-Ali Ssengero, displaying a petition and a copy of their family land title, and Right is Fred Lubow who was not considered for compensation yet his houses, graveyard, food plantations were affected Several families affected by the proposed oil pipeline project in Rakai and Kyotera districts want the government, Total-Uganda and the
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. PHOTO | AFP Oil prices broke past $100 and safe havens surged while equities tumbled Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "military operation" in Ukraine, accelerating fears of a major war. Markets have been hammered this week after the Kremlin recognised two breakaway regions
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Hoima farmer, Sayuni, tending cabbages. Photo by ActionAid Uganda Uganda’s small-scale business players especially farmers have largely failed to supply to the oil and gas companies, both the government agencies and private sector players have admitted. The farmers, who were targeted by the government campaigns supported by the civil society to
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PAU, PSFU, Stanbic and partners in a group photo after the signing ceremony The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has today signed a contract with Stanbic Business Incubator Limited (SBIL) and other partners to build the capacity of over 200 Ugandan enterprises along the crude export oil pipeline route to
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Workers of the Irish-founded company operating in Uganda. Tullow recorded exploration success in the Albertine Graben in Uganda Tullow Oil says it expects 264 Billion shillings “earnout” from TotalEnergies after a Final Investment Decision for the Tilenga Project in Uganda and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) The Irish-founded
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Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa (2nd R) is joined by other officials to cut the ribbon to officially launch the PC1 works for the Kingfisher Oil Development Project CNOOC Uganda Limited, an oil and gas company, Friday announced the PC1 contractor for the Kingfisher Development Project. Excel Construction Limited, a Ugandan company, has scooped
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While Africa looks to accelerate the development of its significant oil and gas resources – particularly as the continent struggles with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and energy poverty crisis – significant investment is needed in the upstream and midstream sectors. Rather than abandon fossil fuels in the name
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The heat is unbearable; the haze merges the sky, lake and land; kingfishers dive and rise as if playing with the wind coming off Uganda's Lake Albert, under which vast oil reserves like. This section of the Rift Valley - a geological scar which runs through East Africa - is
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A photo montage of UNOC top management team Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) is a limited liability company solely owned by the Government of Uganda. It was established under Section 42 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development, and Production) Act and Section 7 of the Petroleum (Refining, Conversion, Transmission and
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