Bunyoro demands for shares in Uganda oil company

The Bunyoro Kitara kingdom has requested government to give it some shares in the Uganda National Oil Company. According to the kingdom’s Prime Minister Andrew Kirungi Byakutaaga, their legal team is planning to draft a proposal to the parties involved to ensure that Bunyoro doesn’t miss out on the benefits of the oil sector. Byakutaaga

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JOBS: at The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda

The 1,445km East African crude oil export (EACOP) pipeline is being constructed between Kabaale in the Hoima District of Uganda and Chongoleani in Tanga, Tanzania.On completion, it will become the world’s longest heated crude oil export pipelines.The Governments of Uganda and Tanzania signed a $3.5bn inter-governmental agreement in May 2017 for the development, which is expected

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Offshore Workers Call off Strike After New Pay Deal

Offshore workers have decided to call-off the earlier planned strike in agreement to the newly proposed payment plan from management. According to the Unite,  members working for Aker Solutions on the Mariner oil platform had voted in favour of the deal. Over 68% of Aker solution workers of an 88% turnout had accepted a new

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India opens bidding for $14.46bn oil and gas reserves

The Government of India has opened a second phase of Discovered Small Field Policy (DSFC) bid worth Rs1tn ($14.46bn) and targeting over 25 discovered oil and gas reserves. The bidding round has been launched by the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan  and will kick-off next

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Uganda to start Importing Gas from Tanzania

Uganda has started negotiations with Tanzania on importing natural gas that will be used as a reducing agent in steel and iron manufacturing.  The minister for the Energy minister,Ms Irene Muloni, told Parliament’s Natural Resources Committee that discussions about depending on Tanzania for gas are still on-going. “Maybe as we build the pipeline for crude

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Uganda soon to become an oil economy as Saipem receives permission to start refinery design tender

Uganda has increased its ventures into the Oil sector after permitting Italian-based firm, Saipem, to start studies in the technical front-end engineering design (FEED) of the refinery project.The directive was given by the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC),a scheme responsible for the design, finance, construct and maintainance of  the proposed oil refinery in Hoima District. The

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