By Peninah Aheebwa The Oil and Gas sector in Uganda has progressed to the development phase with an expected total investment of US$ 20 billion before the production of the first oil due in 2025. This investment is being made mainly in developing infrastructure for producing petroleum from the discovered
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L-R: PS Irene Pauline Bateebe, Outgoing State Minister for Energy (Minerals) Peter Lokeris hands over office to incoming Minister of State Phiona Nyamutoro as Dr. Ruth Nankabirwa Sssentamu looks on. Photo by Dominic Ochola The Uganda National Oil Company – UNOC will effective May 2024 start importing petroleum products into
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Martin Tiffen, the Managing Director, EACOP Company leads a tour of the coating plant facility Uganda and Tanzania have registered yet another key milestone following the commissioning of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Coating plant, nestled at Sojo , Nzege – Tabora Region in Tanzania. Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister
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Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc) has started selling petroleum products to oil marketing firms in Tanzania and Uganda as it tests the market ahead of rolling out a direct import deal with Vitol Bahrain. Officials of oil companies who spoke to this publication say that Unoc has offered products to
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Trucks transporting petroleum products to Uganda. File | Nation Media Group Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has started selling petroleum products to oil marketing firms in Tanzania and Uganda as it tests the market ahead of rolling out a direct import deal with Vitol Bahrain. Officials of oil companies who
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The governing board of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) and the Petroleum Authority of Uganda Officials shortly after a recent meeting to discuss issues on how National Participation of Ugandan companies can be enhanced in the oil and gas sector. In the wake of the announcement of
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Total's oil drilling rig at work in Buliisa The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has revealed that Uganda’s oil and gas sector has cumulatively attracted contracts worth US7.163Bn (Shs28.052Trn). However, locally owned companies have only scooped deals worth US2Bn (Shs7.830Trn). The revelation was made by Proscovia Nabbanja, the Chief Executive Officer at Uganda
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Government officers and Kenya Pipeline Engineers inspect the newly constructed Kisumu Oil Jetty at Kenya Pipeline Company on this picture taken on February 28, 2018. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Kenyan oil dealers are in a crisis mode after Uganda stuck to its guns and started talks with Tanzania to
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Participants posing for a photo with their certificates after the training at Kabalega Resort Hotel in Hoima city on Wednesday Several small and medium enterprise (SME) owners have been recently placed in a better position to win contracts along the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) after completion of
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President Yoweri Museveni last year launched spudding of oil wells at Kingfisher oil project operated by CNOOC in Kikuube District The Government of Uganda has revealed that negotiations for the financing and construction of the country’s USD 4 billion (Shs15.26 trillion) domestic refinery began this month after Alpha MBM Investments
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