Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development on July 1, 2015 listed 19 companies that had expressed interest taking up licenses to explore for oil in the Albertine graben.
However, analysts have asserted that the nation’s oil and gas sector has failed to attract leading multinationals in the oil and gas industry. According to the observer newspaper, the presence of only “junior companies” on the list of applicants suggests glaring realities that sector has not lived to attract huge capital investments from key industrial players. Read more
Please follow the links below to see the profile of each company which submitted the Expression of Interest in exploration of Oil in Uganda
- Rift Energy Corp from United States of America (USA)
- Mubadala Petroleum of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- SASOL Exploration and Production International of south Africa
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Limited (ONGC) of India
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A map showing targeted blocks for the Licensing round 1 of Uganda
- Atlas Petroleum International Limited from Nigeria
- Oranto Petroleum International Limited from Nigeria
- Niger delta Petroleum Resources from Nigeria
- Africa Global Resources (Telconet Capital Ltd Partnership-Tatneft-Rostec) JV from Russia
- Petrica Energy As from Norway
- PTT Exploration and Production PCL from Thailand
- Glint Energy LLC of United States of America (USA)
- Rapid Africa Energy (Pty) Ltd of South Africa
- Dragon Oil International Ltd of UAE
- BRIGHTOIL Petroleum Uganda Ltd of Hong Kong/China
- WALTERSMITH PETROMAN of Nigeria
- ARMOUR ENERGY Ltd of Australia
- Swala Energy Ltd of Australia
- Tullow Uganda Operation Pty Ltd affiliated to Tullow Ireland
See press release