Magufuli said this while on a three-day state visit to Uganda Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Thursday called for a speedy execution of the 1,445-kilometer East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project running from Hoima, in mid-western Uganda to Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port of Tanga. Addressing a public rally in Ruzingwa Village in Uganda, Magufuli
Tanzania Authorities Start Civic Education on the Benefits of Hoima-Tanga Oil Pipeline Project
Tanzania authorities have started a civic education campaign to prepare local communities on how to tap the benefits that Uganda crude oil pipeline project present. Local government officials and civil society from the Northeastern Tanzania which harbors Port Tanga, the proposed exit point of Uganda crude Oil have started organizing communities through civic awareness campaigns,
Museveni and Magufuli agree to accelerate the Implementation of Oil Pipeline project
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania counterpart John Magufuli agreed to accelerate the implementation of a crude oil pipeline project between the two nations and award the construction contract to multiple contractors. The decision was reached during talks between the two leaders on the sidelines of the swearing in ceremony of Museveni in Kampala according
Kenya Official says Tanzania had nothing to do in Uganda-Kenya Oil pipeline meeting
Tanzania was not involved in Uganda-Kenya oil pipeline negotiations because the issues discussed were exclusive for the two countries, a Kenyan Official said. Kenya Presidency Spokesman Manoah Esipisu told reporters in Nairobi that Tanzania was isolated deliberately because it had nothing to do with the issues on the agenda. “Monday meeting was bilateral. As you
Kenya and Uganda President to Hold Talks Over Crude Oil Pipeline Project
Kenya and Uganda’s presidents and oil company executives will meet today Monday 21, 2016 for discussions on a route for a pipeline to transport the two countries’ oil, the Kenyan president’s confirmed. Resolving the pipeline route is crucial to helping oil companies involved in Uganda and Kenya to make final investment decisions on developing oil
French Oil Firm Total Attacks Ugandan Tax Using Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
By Edward Ronald Segyawa and Frank Mulder…. The heavily criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an important tool for European companies to pressurize developing countries. This year Uganda joins the rank of developing nations asking themselves: “Why have we ever signed this?” Earlier this year, the French oil company Total filed a request for
African Institute For Energy Governance tasks Uganda Presidential candidates to address anomalies in the Oil Industry
The African institute for Energy governance (AFIEGO) called on Uganda presidential candidates to address themselves on anomalies surrounding the oil industry. The Organisation highlighted a number of issues including; ensuring that the Ministry of Energy and mineral development puts in place the local content policy as prescribed in the National Oil and Gas Policy (NOGP) 2008, Ensuring
Analysis: How Oil and gas revenue expectations lured Uganda into ‘debt trap’
ANALYSIS A decade of decadence has come to an end for African oil producers. International oil prices have fallen from last summer’s $100 per barrel highs, to averages of $56 in the first half of this year. After generating hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth over a commodities super-cycle, Africa’s big oil producers are
President Yoweri Museveni to lead government delegation at Uganda International Oil and gas summit
KAMPALA Uganda president Yoweri Museveni is expected to deliver a keynote address at Uganda International Oil and Gas summit (UIOGS) in Kampala, Global Events Partners, the organizer of the event has confirmed. The president will head the government delegation at the Summit expected to link oil industry players in Uganda, the region and stakeholders across the
Uganda President meets Total executives over Crude oil pipeline construction
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has held a meeting with Total’s Exploration and Production Africa Division Vice President Jabier Rielo over the development of a crude oil pipeline ahead of production in 2018. The meeting was also attended by the Minister for Energy and Mineral development Eng. Irene Muloni and the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Energy