French multinational, Rubis Energie plans to invest up to US$25million in rebranding of newly acquired Kenol Kobil and delta fuel stations countrywide. The money will be invested over a three to four years period based on demand for their products. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | “… we will continue …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | China National Offshore Oil Corporation(CNOOC) is joining French giant Total to bid for Uganda’s new oil blocks in the Albertine. While the Energy ministry shortlisted four companies to bid for new oil blocks, URN learnt that CNOOC will be part of the bid under the …
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Policy, righting wrongs and circumventing curses as oil presents huge opportunities and significant risks COMMENT | DENNIS JJUUKO | Uganda has signed a pipeline deal with Tanzania and Total to transport crude oil from Uganda’s Albertine region to Tanzania’s Tanga port for refining, but the secrecy that surrounds this $3.5 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | French oil company Total has commenced work on its Tilenga project industrial area in Kasenyi, Buliisa district where it plans to build its central processing facility. Total contracted Mota Engil Uganda, a subsidiary of Portugal-based construction group Mota-Engil, to handle the initial works that include bush …
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What is govt hiding? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Hussein Lumumba Amin, a renowned socio-political analyst, recently ignited debate on one of Uganda’s most sensitive subjects since Uganda discovered commercially viable oil reserves in 2006: What exactly will be Uganda’s share of its oil resource when production finally …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda oil agreements: Why experts don’t know whether to celebrate or criticise THE LAST WORD Michela Wrong’s Rwanda hatchet job part 2: She was taken for a ride by Karegyeya, Kayumba, Sendashonga’s wife …
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Not Under Our Watch: Greenpeace Africa responds to oil pipeline deal Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Greenpeace Africa has described news that Uganda and Tanzania have finalised plans to build an oil pipeline from Hoima to Tanga as a ‘neo-colonial project that has vast environmental and climate risks’. Uganda, Tanzania …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has given the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development 21 days to make public the agreements that were signed on Sunday, between the government of Uganda and Tanzania. Mabirizi threatens legal action if the Permanent Secretary does not comply with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) is demanding for the involvement of Ugandans in the negotiations on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and the Tilenga oil projects in the Albertine region. The call comes as Ugandan and Tanzanian leaders and their technocrats …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The long wait for Uganda’s Final Investment Decision (FDI) for oil and gas could come to an end this Sunday, following talks between government officials and industry leaders from Uganda and Tanzania. Tanzania’s new president Samia Hassan Suluhu is due in the country for …
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