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
Read MoreSpeaking 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreUganda 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
Read MoreMoney From Oil Exploration Should Prepare Uganda For Climate Change & Develop Green Economy
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
Read MoreThe African Energy Chamber (AEC) is proud to announce that H.E Yoweri Museveni (pictured), President of Uganda, will be delivering a Presidential keynote address at African Energy Week (AEW) 2022, addressing African energy policymakers, stakeholders and investors as well as international partners at the 2022 edition of the conference and exhibition
Read MoreTotalEnergies Officials consult at the ESIA public hearing for the Tilenga Project. NEMA later awarded Total a certificate approving the project A mediation hearing between TotalEnergies and the civil society opposed to East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline(EACOP) at the Paris Civil court on flopped Wednesday. It is alleged that the
Read MoreUndemocratic: TotalEnergies Rejects EU Parliament Invitation over Uganda Pipeline Resolution
Pouyanné rejected EU MPs invite to Monday's session Total Energies, the French oil giant leading the oil and gas developments in Uganda has slammed the European Union Parliament’s resolution on the projects as undemocratic. The group’s chairman, Patrick Pouyanné, also declined to attend a scheduled session at which his response
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