Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) says Uganda has improved transparency and accountability in its oil and mining sector. In the latest findings, the EITI, a global standard for the prudent management of natural resources, hails Uganda for establishing what it described as a …
Read More »IEA Chief: Oil and gas demand to fall by 2030
SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Energy Agency Chief Dr. Fathi Birol has insisted that global oil and gas demand will start to fall before 2030, marking the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in November last year raised hopes of an end …
Read More »TotalEnergies commits to clean energy as Uganda nears oil production
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | TotalEnergies EP Uganda (TEPU) is establishing a new benchmark for sustainable energy practices as Uganda approaches its oil production phase. This was disclosed by the Company’s General Manager, Philippe Groueix, during his address at the ongoing 9th Oil and Gas Convention in Kampala. Groueix emphasized to …
Read More »‘Uganda on right track to energy stability’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has given a rosy picture of Uganda’s energy security in the medium term, citing several interventions and other developments in the sector. Experts have said Uganda is energy insecure especially because of the lack of a direct route to the sources of …
Read More »Minister Nankabirwa: Uganda’s oil value not affected by delays
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development insists that all the required infrastructure will be in place for the start of oil production by the end of 2025. Major infrastructure projects include the crude oil central processing facilities in the two areas; Kingfisher run by …
Read More »Tilenga landowners storm Hoima High Court in compensation dispute
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Landowners living under the threat of eviction in the Albertine Graben’s Buliisa district stormed the High Court Hoima demanding a judicial review against a Court ruling that permitted the government to evict them from their land. Some of the infrastructure by TotalEnergies’ Tilenga project …
Read More »Remote Ugandan villages visualize better future with Chinese oil works in backyard
Local fishing and cattle grazing communities in remote western Ugandan villages are envisioning a future where nature, fossil fuels, and humans are in harmony. KIKUBE, Uganda | Xinhua | Local fishing and cattle grazing communities here in the remote western Ugandan villages are envisioning a future where nature, fossil fuels …
Read More »Uganda set for ninth Oil and Gas Convention
Fifty exhibitors and six hundred guests are expected to attend Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All is set for the ninth Oil and Gas Convention happening from April 17 – 18 at the Kampala Serena Hotel under the theme “The Journey to First Oil In The Face Of a …
Read More »A profitable call to entrepreneurs from oil sector experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entrepreneurs have been urged to position themselves to tap into opportunities in the supply chain of the oil and gas sector. The call was made by experts during a stakeholders’ Supplier Development Workshop organized by the Stanbic Business Incubator Limited (SBIL) in Kampala on April …
Read More »Africa: If oil disappeared tomorrow
Petroleum based-products and more would vanish with it, yet there are calls saying ‘Just stop oil’ COMMENT | HAITHAM AI GHAIS | If oil disappeared tomorrow, there would be no more jet fuel, gasoline or diesel. Internal combustion engine automobiles, buses, trucks, lorries and coaches would be stranded. Airplanes powered …
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