Total in conjunction with Tullow Uganda Operations PTY Ltd have issued an invitation to contractors to carry out a comprehensive Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for the oil and gas development project in Nwoya, Buliisa, Masindi, and Hoima districts in the Lake Albert Basin. Total is the operator of Exploration Area 1 and 1A in Uganda
Why Museveni won’t compensate mineral-rich land owners
In an article published by the Daily Monitor, on Thursday October 2, 2014, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said the government will change the law to allow intending investors in the mining industry to access private land that contains minerals without negotiating with the land owners. The President is quoted to have said “the
5 key aspects the government should consider before signing future oil contracts
The government is in the process of entering another phase of oil deals in which they will sign Production Sharing Agreements with oil companies for the production of oil in given wells. Here are some of the five key considerations the government should make before sealing those deals. Confidentiality clauses Clause 36.1 of the 2012
The 2012 Oil Contracts: a good financial deal for Ugandans but without human rights and environmental safeguards
The Government of Uganda achieved a better deal, at least in the financial sense, for its oil in the Production Sharing Agreements that the government signed in 2012. The terms of the 2012 agreement are far more financially beneficial to Uganda compared to the agreements made before 2008, a report by Global Witness, an Oil