Energy, Oil & Gas

Energy, Oil & Gas

Government sets May for new licensing round

Irene Muloni, the minister of energy and mineral development, has revealed plans for the second licensing round of three oil blocks in the Albertine Graben region
DataEnergy, Oil & Gas

Slight drop in Q2 2019 electricity prices

Domestic consumers will pay about Shs9 less for each each unit of electricity supplied by Umeme Limited in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the first three months of the year
Electricity pylons
CompaniesEnergy, Oil & Gas

Umeme revenues flat but books Shs132bn profit as it returns to ‘normal’ curve

Uganda's power distributor Umeme bounced back from a regulatory clause that suppressed earnings in the previous year to post a net profit of Shs132 billion for the full financial year ended December 31, 2018, the firm has reported in its latest earnings report
Energy, Oil & Gas

Total to fast-track Tilenga project this year

French oil major Total’s chief executive Patrick Pouyanné last week revealed his company’s plans to accelerate development of the company’s Tilenga project in Buliisa and Nwoya districts
A drilling rig at a drilling site in Uganda
Energy, Oil & Gas

Petroleum Authority launches database for oil jobs

Anyone interested in a job in Uganda's oil sector will have to first list on the National Talent Register, launched on Friday by the sector regulator, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda
Ernest Rubondo (centre), the executive director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda and other officials at the launch of the oil sector's National Talent Register in Kampala.
Energy, Oil & Gas

Oil pipeline negotiations enter final leg

Negotiating the agreement spelling out the rights and obligations of the parties in the proposed oil pipeline has been a drawn-out process, but officials are optimistic they'll reach an agreement soon
Uganda's energy minister, Irene Muloni, Medard Kalemani, the minister of energy, Tanzania, with other delegates from Tanzania after a meeting in Kampala
Energy, Oil & Gas

How American consortium won refinery deal despite resistance from energy officials

Ugandan officials seemed to have a vested interest in who should be awarded the contract to build the country's oil refinery, preferring Chinese companies over the eventual winner, America's Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium
Officials and Uganda's president after the signing of a contract with the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium to finance and construct Uganda’s first oil refinery
Energy, Oil & GasOpinion

African cities that seize green opportunities will flourish

Green technologies can generate employment, ease pressure on infrastructure and lower energy costs, especially for poorer households
Wind turbines at a wind farm in Cape Town, South Africa
Energy, Oil & Gas

Cnooc aims to make final decision on Kingfisher field by April 2019 — minister

Uganda and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation are looking at April 2019 for a final investment decision on the Kingfisher oil field, the energy minister said
Press conference in a board room
Energy, Oil & GasInfrastructure

Journey to oil production mired in uncertainty as govt and oil firms haggle over pipeline

By now, Uganda, Tanzania and the oil companies active in the former's petroleum sector should have finalised negotiations on the development, construction, and operation of the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline
Map showing the East African Crude Oil Export Pipeline route.
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