Tag Archives: Tullow

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he is in touch with the executives of oil companies and will meet them soon to discuss the current impasse in the sector. Museveni, who was speaking at the 5th Oil and Gas Summit at Serena Hotel in Kampala …

How gross absurdities and misguided corruption fears have killed Uganda’s oil industry THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Uganda has been trying to get oil of out the ground for the last 12 years, having discovered reserves in 2007. Last week Tullow ended its proposed farm-down to CNOOC …

Will he flee or fight oil firms? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Yoweri Museveni’s plan to get Shs 446 billion from Uganda’s Petroleum Fund to finance part of the budget deficit this year may have been dashed when Tullow Oil refused to cough up Shs 600 billion in …

The firms are investing in staff, information technology and standards Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | As Uganda slowly moves towards commercial oil production, companies in the freight and logistics sector are preparing their staff, investing heavily in information technology as well as standards to tap into the multi-billion sector. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Oil company Total E&P will now focus on negotiations with government to ensure that the Final Investment Decision (FID) is made. The FID is the point at which everything is in place for a project to go ahead. It’s the project execution phase begins and …

Government, Total respond as Tullow’s $900M deal flops Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Energy Ministry has stressed that Tullow must pay Capital Gains tax before it can be allowed to sell part of its stake to Total and CNOOC Uganda.  Tullow confirmed earlier Thursday that their Sale and Purchase …

Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT |  Oil giants Total have re-affirmed their commitment to progressing the development of the Lake Albert oil resources, despite their Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPAs) with Tullow collapsing today. Tullow Oil plc announced earlier that it has been informed that its farm-down to Total and CNOOC will …

Tullow speaks out on termination of farm-down agreement with Total and CNOOC in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tullow Oil plc has announced that it has been informed that its farm-down to Total and CNOOC will terminate at the end of today, 29 August 2019, following the expiry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tullow Oil is considering selling all its assets in Uganda as the firm down tax dispute rages on. The Irish company, which also owns Tullow Operations Uganda, has hinted on the slow progress towards resolving a Capital Gains tax dispute on the USD 900 million …