Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has finally allowed Tullow to sell all its stake in Uganda’s oil and gas sector to French oil giant Total E&P. Tullow in a statement on Wednesday announced that the Ministry of Energy and Uganda Revenue Authority approved the deal valued at $575 million …
Read More »Call for accountability, transparency as petroluem authority turns five
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda should establish a prudent accounting system if the oil and gas resources are to benefit the country and its citizens. The call for transparency and accountability comes as the Petroleum Authority of Uganda commemorates five years. The commemoration held virtually on Thursday under …
Read More »Uganda to spend UGX 8Bn after admission to EITI community
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to spend 8.07 billion Shillings in the next 18 months on different activities aimed at improving the governance of extractive industries in the country. The development follows the country’s admission to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative – EITI, a global partnership for …
Read More »Ugandan companies earned UGX 3.5 Trillion in exploration phase of oil and gas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan companies earned a total of USD 943m (3.5 trillion shillings) in the exploration stage, the first phase of the oil and gas activities, the government has said. Ernst Rubondo, the executive director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) said the companies that …
Read More »Uganda’s admission into EITI community excites CSCO on oil accountability
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The entrance of Uganda to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative – EITI, a global partnership for mineral resources accountability has excited Civil Society Coalition in oil and gas. Uganda as a prospective oil resource mining country was early this month admitted into the EITI …
Read More »Uganda officially joins extractive industries transparency initiative – EITI
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s application to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has been approved, a move that is expected to make open the deals Uganda has signed with different organizations in the oil and gas sector and other natural resources. Uganda becomes the 54th member …
Read More »UBA provides $200 Million for Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s multi-lateral lender, United Bank for Africa Plc, has acted as Facility Agent Bank for the Nigerian Commercial Banks in a consortium with other international banks in a $1.5 Billion Pre-Export Finance Facility for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its upstream subsidiary, …
Read More »Time is ripe for Uganda to make final investment decision on oil resource-Mak don
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda seems to be ready to make a final investment decision for her first oil and gas production, Dr. Eria Hisali, the Principal College of Business and Management Sciences at Makerere University has revealed. He said this during this year’s national oil and gas …
Read More »Tullow Oil summons shareholders over sale of it’s stake in Albertine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tullow Oil has set dates for meeting its shareholders as part of the planned sale of its stake in the Lake Albert Development Project in Uganda. The company according to the UK rules issued a circular and notice for its general meeting relating to …
Read More »COVID-19 crisis causing biggest fall in global energy investments
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year – from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency – the International Energy Agency said in a new …
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