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COMMENT | Joseph Mukasa Ngubwagye |  The last lap to oil production is upon us. Indeed, if the government’s prediction is anything to go by, the first drop of oil is expected out of the ground in 2025. It has been a long journey since 2006 when commercially viable quantities were …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The discovery of oil in the Albertine graben is altering the socio-economic profile of a once-sleepy town of Hoima now dubbed as oil city. While the discovery of oil in Albertine has raised fear of a likely resource curse, some residents in Hoima and Buliisa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has tabled before Parliament a draft law through which Ugandans will be given priority for use of labour and other resources, during the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The proposed law tabled by the Minister of State for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has tabled fresh amendments to the Public Finance Management Act, to allow the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) access proceeds from the sale of its interest in crude oil. UNOC is a government company incorporated in June 2015 to handle the government’s …

Los Angeles, USA |  Xinhua | A class action lawsuit was filed late Monday against a U.S. company over the massive oil spill off the coast of Southern California, demanding monetary damages for the “environmental catastrophe.” In a 13-page document filed in a Los Angeles federal court, the Houston-based Amplify …

➡️ 3.5 kilometers runway ➡️ Long enough for: ✅Boeing 777 ✅Antonov 124 Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the Hoima-based Kabaale International Airport will be completed in 16 months from now. The contractor-SBC and Uganda Refinery Holding Company say slightly above 30 percent of the work is yet …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Lake Albert oil project may not receive a final investment decision (FID) from China National Offshore Oil Corporation as early as earlier anticipated. Its joint Venture Partner, Totalenergies has started developing the site for the Tilenga project. CNOOC has not awarded any contract …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief of Defense Forces, General Wilson Mbadi says the UPDF will ensure that Uganda’s oil resources in the Albertine are secured. General Mbadi in an interview says while the army is already on the ground to secure oil and gas installations, extra measures will …

  Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CNOOC Uganda, an oil and gas company has recognized and awarded 180 best performing Hoima and Kikuube students at PLE, UCE and UACE level under its corporate social responsibility programme code-named “CNOOC Best Performer’s Award”. The CNOOC Best Performers Award was inaugurated in …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Totalenergies Uganda Deputy Gereral Manager, Mariam Nampeera Mbowa .says its Joint Venture partner CNOOC is holding the announcement of the Final Investment Decision on the Lake Albert Oil Development project. “I can confirm that the board of Total took FID on the Ugandan project …