Tag Archives: PAU

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda His Grace Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has challenged oil companies operating in the Albertine Graben to provide timely information about the existing opportunities in the oil and gas sector to local communities. Dr Kaziimba says many people have the …

PAU statistics show that more than 11,054 Ugandans are currently employed in the oil and gas sector Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s oil and gas sector has employed more than 11,670 people with local citizens taking more than 93% of the jobs at the end of May this year, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Petroleum Authority of Uganda has granted TotalEnergies clearance to conduct detailed engineering designs for the 190,000-barrel Central Processing Facility (CPF) outside of the country. Although there have been concerns that TotalEnergies may have flouted national content rules or denied Ugandan engineers from working on …

The two countries are harmonizing relevant laws and approval processes to hasten pipeline construction Kamapala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Senior officials from Uganda’s petroleum authority (PAU) and Tanzania’s energy and water utilities regulatory authority (EWURA)—the agencies that have regulatory powers over the oil industry in the two countries—have renewed …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Petroleum Authority Uganda-PAU says investors in oil and gas must adhere to environmental, social, and governance concerns or face hefty fines and penalties. The authority’s director of environment, health, safety, and security, Dr. Joseph Kobusheshe says that whoever is looking at opportunities in the …

The case for cooperation in the sustainable exploitation of natural resources has never been stronger COMMENT | DR. JANE NAMBAKIRE MULEMWA | Following the announcement of the Final Investment Decision (FID) in February 2022, and the recent accession of the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC) into the East African Community …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 100 people along the proposed route of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP in Kyotera district have petitioned parliament protesting the compensation rates offered to them by the project implementers. The project-affected persons in Nabigasa sub county are aggrieved by what they describe as …

Oil projects expected to spur other sectors of the economy Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The government is impressed by the pace at which the critical infrastructure necessary for oil production that is now scheduled for the first quarter of 2025 is moving, said Ramathan Ggoobi, the Permanent Secretary …

| THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda and the Uganda National Oil Company on April.13 signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate and strengthen collaboration between the two entities in the areas of financing and enterprise development specifically for medium and small enterprises. The areas covered in the MoU include; …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prices of fuel products in Uganda will be determined by the market forces of demand and supply even when the country starts producing its own petrol, diesel and kerosene or others. How much Ugandans buy petroleum products will, therefore, depend on what is happening …