Every industry usually produces waste which it is expected to dispose off in a manner that is environment friendly. The refinery will be no exception. It is projected that during the construction of the refinery, construction solid wastes and domestic sewage will contaminate the soil if not properly treated. Refineries generate solid wastes and
How the refinery will “waste” Uganda’s water
In the very first article we ran about the environmental cost of building an oil refinery we focussed on the air emmisions and how they will affect the environment. Today we focus on the effect of emmissions to water that will result from the construction of the refinery. The principal sources of effluent discharge
The environmental cost of building an oil refinery in Uganda
Building an oil refinery will definitely come with an environmental cost to the nation. And as we seek to assess the environmental impact of building an oil refinery there are a number of factors that are worthy taking note of. For this particular analysis we zero on one particular aspect of the environment: the
What drove government to consider Kabale as the ultimate site location for Uganda’s Oil Refinery
In the pursuit of the most suitable site location for an Oil Refinery we are told that Foster Wheeler the major researcher behind the efficacy of an Oil Refinery in Uganda evaluated three regions and identified six potential sites for the refinery as a result. The six sites that the Foster Wheeler report identified
Why heat tracing would have been the most viable way of inhibiting wax in a Uganda crude pipeline
There are basically five ways to deal with waxy crudes such that there is assurance of flow of oil within the pipeline. The Foster Wheeler Report discusses the five ways that Uganda would have oted to take on if it had chosen to build a crude pipeline for its oil and the five methods
How the wax in the crude impedes the crude pipeline option for Uganda
In 2011, the government of Uganda undertook a feasibility study on building a Greenfield oil refinery which Swiss Engineering firm Foster Wheeler Energy Limited conducted. The study recommended that a refinery was commercially viable for Uganda given its benefits to citizens compared to building 1350 Km long crude export pipeline to Mombasa. The study further
The refinery to create more jobs than a crude pipeline would have managed, says Oil Study
The refinery that Uganda plans to build is likely to create “significantly more jobs” for Ugandans than a crude pipeline would have managed according to the Foster Wheeler refinery study in Uganda. The report says that the construction of a refinery o.r a pipeline will increase the skills based in the region and lead to
Why Museveni insisted on Uganda building its own refinery
The storms had been raging, with those that can write, articulate and analyze penning all sorts of speculation on whether Uganda would eventually build a refinery but what emerged was Museveni sticking to his guns and it seems he is now having the last laugh. The oil companies have had to buckle under his rigid