TotalEnergies starts drilling as activists pin their fading hopes on stopping pipeline Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Drilling of production wells for both the Kingfisher and Tilenga oil projects has picked up pace in recent months ahead of first oil scheduled for 2025. “The drilling of production wells is proceeding …
Read More »TotalEnergies starts drilling in Murchison Park
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | French energy giant TotalEnergies has kicked off drilling operations at one of the wells in the Murchison Falls National Park. Drilling Engineers at Jobi-Rii well on Wednesday confirmed that they had reached the hydrocarbons not so far deep as had been expected. Unlike King …
Read More »Uganda oil projects under attack, again
Human Rights Watch issues ‘biased’ report on oil pipeline Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the government agency that regulates the oil and gas sector, has accused Human Rights Watch of ‘bias’ following a new report the New York-based non-profit published on July 10. “The …
Read More »TILENGA: Drilling to commence in July
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Drilling of oil wells at the Tilenga project is expected to commence in mid-July as the clock ticks toward the first oil in 2025. The project operated by TotalEnergies EP is planned to produce 190,000 barrels of oil per day at peak. Commencement of drilling …
Read More »FlexiPay, TotalEnergies partner to ease prepaid customer card top-ups
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Individuals buying fuel and enjoying other TotalEnergies products through their TotalEnergies card can now easily load credit to their cards using FlexiPay, a digital payment solution offered by Stanbic Bank. TotalEnergies’ prepaid card owners have hitherto had to physically visit a Service Station or a …
Read More »TotalEnergies to offer shares to employees globally
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The global multi-energy company, TotalEnergies is to offer shares to its current and former employees in 94 countries. The French Company whose subsidiary is developing the Tilenga project in the Albertine and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline said over fifty-two thousand employees (52,602) in …
Read More »TotalEnergies in new road safety awareness campaign
French oil giant’s initiative intends to reduce road crashes to zero Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | French oil major, TotalEnergies, has launched a new road safety campaign that seeks to educate its employees and partner companies on the right driving behaviour and commitment to make roads safer. Road traffic accidents …
Read More »TotalEnergies defended over London design for Tilenga
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 …
Read More »Desperate farmers appeal to TotalEnergies, Govt as Tilenga floods destroy livelihoods
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Augustine Katusabe, a farmer at Kasinyi village in Ngwedo Sub-county, Buliisa District stands in his farmland confused as to the next move out of poverty, after ‘man-made floods’ destroyed his crops. Katusabe had taken to growing vegetables and fruits like watermelon, pumpkin and bananas as …
Read More »TotalEnergies restates that Uganda oil plans on track
Patrick Pouyanne says in Uganda and elsewhere, TotalEnergies will focus on investments in low-cost and low-carbon assets. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The French oil major TotalEnergies has affirmed its total commitment to extract Uganda’s oil despite concerns by climate activists. The company has been under intense pressure to …
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