According to Honey Malinga, the director of the Directorate of Petroleum, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development,the industry experiences many challenges towards local content and skills development. Uganda needs over 25,000 qualified workers, craftsmen and technicians to exploit oil and precious minerals(New vision 27 August 2018) While addressing graduates of the Youth Employment Enhancement Project (YEEP)
The long awaited deal of the Tanzania – Uganda natural gas pipeline has been finally sealed off after an agreement was signed on Saturday August 25, 2018. The natural gas pipeline project was launched in Tanga by Presidents John Magufuli of Tanzania and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and French oil multinational Total is the main
Ten(10) class of global start-up companies have been selected to participate in the Techstars Energy Accelerator. The announcement was made by Equinor has officially announced the inaugural selected The selection was picked hundreds of applicants across 38 countries. Ampaire, USA. Ampaire is making flying accessible to more people from more airports by building electric aircraft
The Uganda government together with other parties in the Uganda oil and gas sector are looking forward to promoting the countries mineral resource at the Africa Oil Week 2018. “We encourage operators, investors and service companies to attend the Oil Week and meet with officials from the Government of Uganda and the private sector. Uganda
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
Uganda-Tanzania are set for a second Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) Ministerial meeting and it will take place from 21 – 23 August 2018 at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The JPC is aimed at enhancing and consolidating bilateral cooperation frameworks between the two countries among which the natural gas pipeline from Tanzania to Uganda to process iron ore
The Bunyoro Kitara kingdom has requested government to give it some shares in the Uganda National Oil Company. According to the kingdom’s Prime Minister Andrew Kirungi Byakutaaga, their legal team is planning to draft a proposal to the parties involved to ensure that Bunyoro doesn’t miss out on the benefits of the oil sector. Byakutaaga
The 1,445km East African crude oil export (EACOP) pipeline is being constructed between Kabaale in the Hoima District of Uganda and Chongoleani in Tanga, Tanzania.On completion, it will become the world’s longest heated crude oil export pipelines.The Governments of Uganda and Tanzania signed a $3.5bn inter-governmental agreement in May 2017 for the development, which is expected
Iraq’s Basra Oil Company and Chevron signed an agreement to start oilfield development, with plans for a new energy company and a refinery, according to the country’s oil ministry. The deal includes preliminary studies, after which an energy company will be established. It will execute field development and feasibility studies will be carried out in addition to gas processing
Ukraine has raised natural gas reserves in its underground storage facilities (UGS) by 6.414 billion cubic meters (bcm) after the end of the heating season, JSC Ukrtransgaz has said. Thus, from April 8 to August 18, gas reserves in storage facilities grew by 86.3%, to 13.849 bcm from 7.435 bcm. According to Interfax-Ukraine’s estimates, gas