Government of Uganda has been conducting geothermal surveys from the nation’s geothermal energy resources in which a benign oil spill incident recently occurred at Kibiro, Hoima District. According to a statement issued by Robert Kasande (pictured), the Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary on April 15, 2020, government through Ministry of Energy
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While the African Energy Chamber has a fundamental belief that we have to let the market work for itself, it encourages African countries that have engaged petroleum operators and local service companies to find ways to relieve the burden on exploration programs and local companies. The Chamber considers this of
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Dr. Mary Gorreti Kitutu (pictured above), the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development has re-echoed the need to have local Ugandan Companies awarded contracts in the Oil and Gas Sector ahead of their foreign counterparts. Dr. Kitutu made the remarks while officially opening the two-day 2nd National Content Conference organised
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Dr. Mary Goretti Kitutu (L), the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development launching UNOC's bulk trading business at Stabex in Nansana. Looking on are officials from UNOC and Stabex International Uganda through the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has officially started bulk trading of petroleum products in a move aimed
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Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health (MoH) last week led a team from the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) and the Ministry of Health and other key stakeholders in an assessment of the health facilities along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) corridor. “The
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A delegation from the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines, Kenyahas completed a two-day benchmarking and familiarisation visit to the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC).The Government of Kenya is in the process of setting up a
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The Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Uganda that brings together all individuals, academic training institutions and the training service providers in the Oil and Gas sector from the Government and private sectors has been launched. While launching the association on Thursday at Protea Hotel, Alex Kakooza, the Permanent Secretary
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Stanbic Bank Uganda through its Business Incubator has entered in to a partnership with the Uganda National Oil Company to promote national content through capacity building through offering business training for entrepreneurs, knowledge/sector information sharing and enterprise development. Speaking during the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony, Stanbic Bank’s Chief
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Vivo Energy Uganda hopes to maintain its position as market leader in distributing world class fuel products. This vision was unveiled by the country's Managing Director, Gilbert Assi during a media breakfast held at the Kampala Serena Hotel on Thursday morning. Also in attendance, was Hans Paulsen, the Vivo Energy
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Uganda’s Petroleum Fund has some money in it, David Bahati, the State Minister for Planning has said. The Minister last week while appearing before the Finance Committee said that the Petroleum Fund had been depleted and there was no money that would be drawn from it to support the budget
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