Tag Archives: EACOP

The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) insists that the oil and gas projects are being developed under close supervision of the authority and the companies are abiding by their internal, national, and international standards and policies. Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  US-based NGO, Human Rights Watch has urged the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Crude Oil project is seeking a 1.8-billion-dollar debt for construction to take off. The project has been estimated to cost between $3.5 billion and $4 billion, of which 60 percent comprises debt raising and 40 percent equity. Energy and Minerals Development Minister, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Players in oil and gas have pleaded with the countries in the West not to starve Uganda and Africa of financing needed to get those resources out of the ground. The call has been sounded by the Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Crude Export Pipeline (EACOP) Company Ltd has received an investment license from the Uganda Investments Authority, UIA, which will enable it access the various incentives offered by the government. In January this year, EACOP Ltd received a construction license from the …

Patrick Pouyanne says in Uganda and elsewhere, TotalEnergies will focus on investments in low-cost and low-carbon assets. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The French oil major TotalEnergies has affirmed its total commitment to extract Uganda’s oil despite concerns by climate activists. The company has been under intense pressure to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 146 youth in Sembabule and Kyotera districts have been enrolled to benefit from the vocational training programs by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP project. The beneficiaries were selected from the project-affected households in the different parts of Kyotera and Sembabule districts. Enrollment is part …

What it means in numbers and money COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | As President Yoweri Museveni and his ruling NRM party celebrate their 37th year in power, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has given them a befitting anniversary gift; launching the country into crude oil production stage. Uganda’s …

  Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, whilst attending the Kingfisher drilling inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, has also witnessed the handover of the license to Construct the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The handover was done by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, (MEMD)  Ruth …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has approved the application by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Company Limited for a license for the construction of the 296 km long East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda. The State Minister of Information Communication Technology-ICT and National Guidance, Godfrey Baluku Kyabyanga, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) company hopes to start construction works in the second quarter of this year when the compensation and resettlement exercise is expected to end. This will be almost a year since the company applied for the construction license from …