Oil Pipeline

Energy, Oil & Gas

Industry experts see Total-Tullow deal a win-win boost

Regional analysts in the oil exploration and production sector have described last week’s sales and purchase agreement between Tullow Oil PLC and Total E&P Uganda as a 'win-win' boost for all players, and one that opens a new chapter for East Africa’s energy industry
A drilling rig at the Kingfisher field in Western Uganda
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

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 & 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.
Energy, Oil & Gas

Unoc benchmarking with external peers for best performance – Wapakhabulo

The Uganda National Oil Company chief executive, Josephine Wapakhabulo, has allayed fears that the oil company is trying to ‘bite more than it can chew’ with the dozen capital-intensive upstream and midstream projects on its to-do list
Energy, Oil & Gas

Total E&P, Tanzania jittery over oil pipeline delays

French oil major Total E&P, the lead joint venture partner on the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), is "concerned" over the “slow progress” on the project, particularly from Uganda government officials in the Petroleum Authority and the energy ministry
Energy, Oil & Gas

Uganda sets equity in crude oil refinery and pipeline projects at $700m

The two large-scale projects are expected to cost a combined $7.5bn (Shs26 trillion)
Energy, Oil & Gas

Uganda seeks to join OPEC

Energy ministry Irene Muloni has expressed the government’s wish to join the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries as a full member so Uganda can tap into benefits like the stabilisation of crude oil prices
Energy, Oil & Gas

Stanbic Bank and British High Commission host UK oil and gas delegation

Stanbic Bank Uganda, in partnership with the Energy Industries Council EIC, and the British High Commission on Tuesday hosted a high-powered trade delegation from the UK
Politics & Policy

Tanzania’s Magufuli wants oil pipeline completed in less than three years

Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has urged French oil major Total E&P, the lead joint venture partner on the proposed crude oil export pipeline from Hoima to Tanga, and other investors involved to mobilise at least “10 contractors” to speed up construction before 2020
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