n Thursday the 30th of January, the Nanterre French High court refused to hear a complaint brought by Friends of the Earth France, Survie and four Ugandan associations (AFIEGO, CRED, NAPE/Friends of the Earth Uganda and NAVODA) against French oil giant Total. The plaintiffs, represented by Louis Cofflard, Céline Gagey, and Julie Gonidec, filed a
Meant to transport the oil coming from three oil fields being developed in Uganda, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) would be the longest heated crude oil pipeline in the world, estimated to cost $2.5-billion. At full production, it is expected to transport up to 230,000 barrels a day. Planned to run from the shores of
Case brought under new French vigilance law seeks to hold domestic companies accountable for their actions abroad. SOPHIE NEIMANJanuary 28, 2020 A group of six French and Ugandan NGOs has banded together to challenge France’s largest company, Total. The plaintiffs have accused the oil giant, which operates in 130 countries across 5 continents, of human rights
UK’s Department for International Development and Department for International Trade have published a summary of 27 commercial deals from across the African markets invited to the UK-Africa Investment Summit. According to the departments, the deals are worth over £6.5 billion. They said this in a statement released at the ongoing UK-Africa Investment Summit held in
GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Global Oil & Gas FIDs in 2020’ indicates final investment decisions (FIDs) planned across the oil and gas value chain in 2020 reflect growth in the importance of natural gas. In the upstream sector, Africa has the highest volumes of remaining reserves from greenfield projects targeting FID in 2020 due to the
In a bid to expedite the growth of its oil industry, Uganda plans to spend at least $5 billion on the development of the Kingfisher and Tilega oil fields, which are currently the subject of a tax dispute between government and three oil companies. This amount forms part of the $15 billion to $20 billion