By John Odyek Added 22nd January 2020 12:29 PM Tom Ayebare Rukundo the manager economic and financial analysis PAU urged farmers to form joint ventures to be able to meet the required quality and quantities and to take advantage of such engagements to meet new stakeholders. OIL AND GAS Farmers living along East Africa Crude
Residents in Kyakatemba village in fear of land loss as Ugandan pipeline construction due to commence
Residents in Kyakatemba village are in fear of loosing their land after government demarcating about half of the land in the area to build the world’s longest electrically heated oil pipeline from northwest Uganda to Tanzania’s Tanga port on the Indian Ocean. Kyakatemba is a village in Hoima District, a poor region along Uganda’s western
Saipem awarded Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for Uganda refinery
Saipem has been awarded a new contract for Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a new refinery in Hoima. Uganda recently awarded to the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium following the signing of the Project Framework Agreement between the Consortium and the Government of Uganda ensuring development, design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the oil refinery in Hoima District.
Hoima-Tanga crude oil pipeline ground breaking set for this weekend
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Tanzania counterpart, John Pombe Magufuli , are expected to launch the construction of the multi-billion Hoima-Tanga crude oil pipeline this saturday, diplomatic officials have revealed. According to The New Vision, the 11,445km oil pipieline from Hoima district in western Uganda to the Tanzania Port of Tanga, which will be
Government Must address the Rot in the Resettlement of Affected Families in the Uganda Oil Refinery Project
By Doris Atwijukire… Last week, President Museveni was sworn-in for another five-year term at Kololo Independence Grounds. Since the President is expected to appoint a new cabinet that is expected to prioritise, among others, income-generation to uplift Ugandans out of poverty, we hope his new government will take into consideration the plight of vulnerable families
Cultural institutions and the share they got in Uganda’s oil: why Bunyoro should be contented
If the total worth of Uganda’s oil was to be divided into 100 shares, Bunyoro would be entitled to only less than a share of that worth. Not that it deserves anything more or less. It’s what the (soon to be enacted) law stipulates and going by Austin’s theory, the law is the law. It
Boost private sector to maximize oil and gas benefits, World Bank tells government
In a recently completed World Bank study one of the key messages that the world bank sends out to Uganda Oil and Gas industry stakeholders is to build the country’s private sector. The study titled: “Leveraging Oil and Gas Industry for the Development of a Competitive Private Sector in Uganda” emphasizes that Uganda’s private sector
UMEC 2015 set to showcase Investment Potential in Uganda’s Mining Sector
In 2014, the estimates of discovered oil in Uganda rose from 3.5 Million to 6.5 Million Barrels. The recent revelation that Uganda was exploring areas like Karamoja and the Hoima Basin to find more oil, the hopes to embark on commercial output in 2017 and the new round of licensing in the sector scheduled to
A call for consultants to do a feasibility study on enterprise development in the Albertine Region
Living Earth Uganda, a natural resources and environmental management NGO in Uganda is looking for organizations or individuals, with the experience and skills to undertake a feasibility and scoping study for enterprise development in rural communities. This duty is part of LEU’s broader Jobs and Oil project aiming at making oil work for poor people
Uganda’s quest for more oil reaches Karamoja
[googlemap src=”http://” width=”500″ height=”360″ align=”alignleft” ]By Zakaria Tiberindwa and Edward Tumwiine Uganda’s discovered oil reserves are estimated at 6.5 billion shillings and it is believed that if the oil is well utilized, the money from the resource could lift the country from a developing nation to middle-income status. However the country’s quest for more oil