Energy, Oil & Gas

Energy, Oil & Gas

ERA cuts electricity tariffs for first three months of 2020

The price of electricity is set to fall for consumers supplied by Umeme Limited in the first three months of 2020 after the regulator, the Electricity Regulatory Authority, lowered retail tariffs
A man using a computer
Energy, Oil & Gas

Electricity tariffs drop for fifth consecutive quarter

Electricity prices have fallen for the fifth consecutive quarter, thanks to a decline in international crude oil prices, according to a tariff schedule released by the Electricity Regulatory Authority
Energy, Oil & Gas

Proscovia Nabbanja appointed National Oil Company chief

Ms Nabbanja takes the job at a difficult time for Uganda's oil and gas sector where a tax dispute between the government and oil companies has stalled financial close and an expected $10bn in investment
Proscovia Nabbanja, the new acting chief executive at the Uganda National Oil Company
CompaniesEnergy, Oil & Gas

Total E&P freezes work on Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline

French oil major Total, the lead joint venture partner on Uganda's proposed crude oil export pipeline has frozen all activities on the multibillion-dollar project citing “uncertainty” over its Uganda operation
Map showing the East African Crude Oil Export Pipeline route.
Energy, Oil & Gas

Stalemate over tax breaks down Tullow Oil stake sale

Tullow Oil is initiating a new sales process to reduce its 33.3% stake in Uganda's Lake Albert oil project after its planned $900 million sale to joint venture partners Total E&P and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation failed to get clearance
A drilling rig at the Kingfisher field in Western Uganda
Energy, Oil & GasPolitics & Policy

Proscovia Nabbanja named UNOC caretaker chief executive

Proscovia Nabbanja has been appointed as caretaker chief executive officer at the Uganda National Oil Company, replacing Josephine Wapakabulo, who is resigning
Proscovia Nabbanja, the new acting chief executive at the Uganda National Oil Company
Energy, Oil & GasPolitics & Policy

#SaveMurchisonFalls: Is Bonang Power taking us for a ride?

Bonang Power, the South African company that says it intends to construct a 360MW hydropower dam near Murchison Falls, does not fit the profile of a firm capable of carrying out such a project
Murchison Falls
Energy, Oil & Gas

National Oil Company CEO Josephine Wapakabulo unexpectedly resigns

Josephine Wapakabulo has said that she will resign as chief executive of the Uganda National Oil Company on August 13, after just three years in the position, according to a letter addressed to Unoc's board chairman
Uganda National Oil Company chief executive, Josephine Wapakabulo with Cnooc officials in Beijing, China
Energy, Oil & Gas

Government offers five oil blocks in second exploration licensing round

Irene Muloni, the minister for energy, opened the second bidding round for five oil blocks in the Albertine Graben region on Tuesday, including two blocks that were left over from the last licensing round in 2015
Uganda's minister for energy, Irene Muloni, stands next to a map showing the five oil blocks she had just opened for licensing at the East African Petroleum Conference in Mombasa
Energy, Oil & Gas

Karamoja oil discoveries could be ready for licensing in two years — ministry

The Kadam-Moroto basin could be opened up for licensing in the next two years once testing and analytical studies of its oil seeps are complete
A drilling rig at the Kingfisher field in Western Uganda
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