Tanzanian Presidency said French giant Total is willing to Fund the construction of a crude Oil export pipeline from Uganda oil fields to Tanzania Port town of Tanga. The remarks from Tanzania presidency came following a meeting between Total Chief Executive Javier Rielo and Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli. “Javier Rielo assured President John Magufuli
Uganda Decision to take pipeline to Tanzania Should be a lesson to Kenya Policy Makers
By Mbatau wa Nga The announcement that Uganda and Tanzania had signed an agreement to build an oil pipeline between the former’s oil fields and Tanga Port did not surprise analysts following the ping-pong game between Kampala, Nairobi and Dar-es-salaam. This should not have surprised Kenyan policy makers, either, because Uganda had contracted Total, a
The Unclear, so Clear as Uganda announces Considering Tanzania for Multi billion Dollar Crude Oil Pipeline Project
A latest communique from Uganda’s presidency suggests the country is currently working on the implementation of an earlier decision to have its crude oil export pipeline southwards to Tanga in Tanzania as opposed to Kenya. The statement relates to a bilateral meeting between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli on the
Uganda Energy Ministry Must expedite Implementation of National Local content Policy—Expert Local
By Dickens Kamugisha…. I would like to congratulate Ugandans for having successfully elected a president and their parliamentary representatives. To the winners and losers, I say we embark on the task of building the Uganda we want. Among these tasks is holding government accountable for its actions or lack thereof. Before we went to the
South Sudan and Khartoum to revise Crude Oil transit charges on prevailing prices—Official
South Sudan has revised Oil transit charges with its neighbor Sudan on the basis of prevailing crude oil prices, Officials have said. In August 2013 South Sudan agreed to pay to Khartoum $9.10 for the oil produced in Upper Nile state and $11 for that of Unity state which produces some 20% of South Sudan’s