Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CNOOC Uganda Limited, an oil and gas company has announced Final Investment Decision (FID) for the development of the Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA) and the LA 2 South. The decision was made following accomplishment of the Host Government Agreement (HGA) signed between Government of Uganda and Tanzania …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | “D-Day means Day of Departure, and to us, its day of departure to work.” This is what the announcement of the Final Investment Decision on Tuesday means for the oil and gas joint venture companies, according to Total Energies Chairman and Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanné. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The joint venture partners in Uganda’s Oil and Gas sector have made the Final Investment Decision (FID) today. “The milestone marks a firm commitment from the IOCs to proceed with Uganda’s oil and gas projects and launches the major construction works,” Energy …
Read More »CNOOC grants FID for Uganda’s oil development
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has finally closed the long-awaited Final Investment Decision (FID) for the development of Uganda’s oil and gas projects in the Albertine. Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa stated that the Chinese confirmed that they have authorized an FID …
Read More »CNOOC still consulting before decision on Lake Albert FID
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Lake Albert oil project may not receive a final investment decision (FID) from China National Offshore Oil Corporation as early as earlier anticipated. Its joint Venture Partner, Totalenergies has started developing the site for the Tilenga project. CNOOC has not awarded any contract …
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Government intends to secure finances from the domestic market for the oil pipeline project Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High hurdles still stand in the way to the Final Investment Decision that will see the country’s first oil come out of the ground for the crude to be transported to …
Read More »After Coronavirus shock, Uganda sets oil FID for early this year
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is optimistic that the Final Investment Decision-FID on the commercial oil and gas production will be made in the first months of this year to pave way for the construction of the final structures in the sector. These will include the oil …
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COMMENT | Joseph Mukasa Ngubwagye | The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unique challenges across all aspects of society. Healthcare systems have been strained, schools closed, and economies constrained. The energy sector has not been spared. Many oil producing countries have suffered big losses, and their economies have been threatened due …
Read More »Optimism and pessimism for oil sector in 2019
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The oil sector in 2019 was dotted with both sheds optimism and pessimism in equal measure. The year started with government pledge for transparency in the sector when it signed up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), much to the delight of civil …
Read More »Total E&P frustrated but willing to go on with project
On Aug.29, Tullow’s proposed sale and purchase agreement stipulating the US$900 million farm down to its JV Partners, Total and CNOOC, was terminated. This news was followed a week later, on Sept. 05, with Total’s suspension of technical activities on its pipeline project—the EACOP. Pierre Jessua, the General Manager of …
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