Activist arrests mar spud of Ugandaโs first production well
โI told [the European Parliament] to go to hell!โ Museveni said. โBut I didnโt hear the French government making any trouble.โ
โI told [the European Parliament] to go to hell!โ Museveni said. โBut I didnโt hear the French government making any trouble.โ
Kingfisher will have around 20 production wells and 11 water injection wells, from four pads.
The plan involves developing 2 GW of renewable energy in Angola, 1 GW in Uganda and 2 GW in Zambia. The agreement with Zambia set out plans to work on wind, solar and hydropower.
โThere have not been any compulsory purchases of land so far,โ EACOP managing director Martin Tiffen said, speaking earlier this week.
Ugandaโs cabinet has approved licences for Uganda National Oil Co. (UNOC) and Australiaโs DGR Global, with an initial period of two years.
East Africa-focused financial services provider Britam Holdings has opted out of insuring a controversial pipeline project โ in a move that has been hailed by opponents.
Activists at COP27 have accosted Patrick Pouyannรฉ, CEO of TotalEnergies, to demand answers about โbloody moneyโ from the companyโs Russian operations.
CNOOC Uganda has erected the Kingfisher rig on location, in Ugandaโs western Lake Albert, as drilling plans move ahead.
African states must defend the use of fossil fuels at the soon starting COP27, in Egypt, African Energy Chamberโs NJ Ayuk has said.
Developing oil and gas projects can be done in an environmentally sound fashion and can play a critical role in changing a countryโs finances, according to Uganda National Oil Co. (UNOC) CEO Proscovia Nabbanja.
Ugandaโs oil production plans were redesigned to reduce emissions and the environmental impact, an official from the state-owned oil company has explained.
Insurers should move faster away from hydrocarbon coverage, Insure Our Future has said. The group has suggested insurers may also seek damages from large emitters.
The European Parliamentโs criticism of oil projects in Uganda failed to โrespect the fundamental principlesโ of democracy, TotalEnergies has said.
Ugandaโs government struck a defiant tone at an oil conference in Kampala, warning Europe to focus on its own problems and setting out plans for a new licensing round.
A proposed natural gas pipeline running from Tanzania to Uganda may have a positive environmental impact in a region where the majority of households still cook using charcoal or wood, according to Patrick Mweheire, Standard Bank Groupโs regional chief executive officer for East Africa.
Ugandan parliamentarians have snapped back at a resolution condemning the countryโs oil plans from the European Parliament.
The European Parliament has criticised a proposed East African pipeline, calling for TotalEnergies to consider an alternative route.
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has stepped up to provide $100 million of financing for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
Oil companies and environmentalist activists see the same world in wholly differing ways. Rarely is this divide as stark as in discussions around the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
Chinaโs ZPEB has completed testing on a rig that is due to set sail for Uganda, to work on TotalEnergiesโ Tilenga project.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) company has applied to the Ugandan government for a licence to begin construction.
The energy transition is throwing up particular challenges for Africa, not least in terms of access to the skills and capital needed to meet future demand.
Munich Re will not insure the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), throwing up another challenge for the TotalEnergies-driven project in Uganda and Tanzania.
CNOOC Uganda has signed a joint application agreement with Uganda National Oil Co. (UNOC) on the Pelican-Crane block.
An attack in northeast Uganda killed geologists and soldiers protecting them, with the finger of blame pointed at local cattle rustlers.