The Managing Editor of Oil in Uganda, a website on oil related developments in Uganda, Chris Byaruhanga has challenged the Uganda government to open up and embrace the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a global standard, where member governments declare income they earn from their extractive industries and
Uganda’s oil sector licensing policy shifts from open door to competitive bidding
While the Uganda oil and gas industry awaits a new licensing regime, the good news trickling in is that the next phase of licensing will shift from the open door policy to competitive bidding. This follows a freeze that was imposed on the sector a few years ago to enable the country enact the
Why the shs39b budgetary allocation for the refinery construction activities is too small
One of the biggest winners in the budget that the Uganda Minister of Finance, Planing and Economic Development Maria Kiwanuka read a couple of days ago was the energy sector which received a huge boost of 281 billion pushing its total budgetary allocation to 1.4 trillion shillings. While the allocations should enthuse the different
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Heritage mulls over possible appeal after losing case to Tullow
Whilst Tullow Oil Uganda has every reason to celebrate after winning a $313m case against Heritage Oil, Heritage won’t back down just as yet; it is now considering the option of appealing the ruling. In his judgment, Mr. Justice Burton found in favour of Tullow’s indemnity claim for US$313 million in its entirety and
How the refinery will “waste” Uganda’s water
In the very first article we ran about the environmental cost of building an oil refinery we focussed on the air emmisions and how they will affect the environment. Today we focus on the effect of emmissions to water that will result from the construction of the refinery. The principal sources of effluent discharge
Applications for Tullow Oil Scholarships for the 2014 intakes to open soon
For those that are searching for a career in the oil sector, this could be the perfect timing for you to begin scheming for the Tullow Oil Scholarships that will opened at the end of this year. “The application process for next year’s (2014) intakes will open at the end of 2013,”read a statement on
Total looking for a Lead Process Engineer
Total is looking for a Lead Process Engineer to join their team of employees in Aberdeen. All that will be required of the applicants is to be a professionally qualified engineer with specialists’ knowledge in their own discipline. Though, it is necessary that the applicant also carries a sound and demonstrable understanding of the other
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The Oil and Gas sector is a dynamic sector in which versatility is a necessary ingredient. That is why Total finds it important to train Oil and Gas Installation Engineers. The Oil & Gas Installation Engineer provides an access point to a wide range of very different but complementary professions: Process, Exploitation (Production, Maintenance &
Uganda Revenue Authority compliance campaign spreads to extractives sector
It is arguably the next industry that every Ugandan is observing; and for Uganda Revenue Authority, the mining and quarrying industry is one to court. In a stakeholders’ engagement held at Silver Springs hotel in Bugolobi, Patrick Mukiibi, the Commissioner Tax Investigations, noted that the engagement was organised to educate the participants from the