Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) is still pushing to have a refinery as part of the oil and gas commercialization plan. Plans to have a refinery established in Hoima were disrupted at the end of June when an agreement with an American-led venture …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The current drilling of oil and gas by the CNOOC and TotalEnergies has reignited suspicion that Uganda’s oil is already being smuggled out of the country. CNOOC Uganda Ltd began spudding or drilling wells at its King Fisher project in January with President Museveni launching …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda’s Premier Charles Peter Mayiga has called for planning for development accruing from the oil and gas sector before the resources get out the ground. The Katikiro and some members of his cabinet spent three days this week touring oil and gas infrastructural developments like …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT | The oil and natural gas sector has so far employed over twelve thousand people during the construction of facilities to get oil out of the ground. Most jobs, according to the Petroleum Authority have followed the February 2023 Final Investment Decision by the Joint Ventures …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | French energy giant TotalEnergies has kicked off drilling operations at one of the wells in the Murchison Falls National Park. Drilling Engineers at Jobi-Rii well on Wednesday confirmed that they had reached the hydrocarbons not so far deep as had been expected. Unlike King …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda’s Katikiro, Charles Peter Mayiga, has strongly condemned any resolutions aimed at impeding the progress of oil exploration in Uganda. Mayiga, leading a delegation from the Buganda Kingdom on a visit to the oil fields in the Albertine region, expressed the Kingdom’s dissatisfaction with …
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Human Rights Watch issues ‘biased’ report on oil pipeline Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the government agency that regulates the oil and gas sector, has accused Human Rights Watch of ‘bias’ following a new report the New York-based non-profit published on July 10. “The …
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Kampala, Ugnada | THE INDEPENDENT | In a significant step towards enhancing their diplomatic relations, Uganda and Iran have solidified their partnership by signing four crucial memoranda of understanding (MoUs). The signing followed talks between President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi at State House, Entebbe Wednesday evening. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Petroleum Authority of Uganda -PAU has hit back at Human Rights Watch (HRW) over alleged human rights abuses in the development of oil and gas. The Authority says the findings of the report released at the beginning of this week were based on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) Board appointed Mr. Humphrey Asiimwe as the new Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2023. He spoke to JULIUS BUSINGE about his management philosophy, plans for the organization, and the two sectors; excerpts: It is slightly over four …
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