While the Uganda oil and gas industry awaits a new licensing regime, the good news trickling in is that the next phase of licensing will shift from the open door policy to competitive bidding. This follows a freeze that was imposed on the sector a few years ago to enable the country enact the
Why the shs39b budgetary allocation for the refinery construction activities is too small
One of the biggest winners in the budget that the Uganda Minister of Finance, Planing and Economic Development Maria Kiwanuka read a couple of days ago was the energy sector which received a huge boost of 281 billion pushing its total budgetary allocation to 1.4 trillion shillings. While the allocations should enthuse the different
Heritage mulls over possible appeal after losing case to Tullow
Whilst Tullow Oil Uganda has every reason to celebrate after winning a $313m case against Heritage Oil, Heritage won’t back down just as yet; it is now considering the option of appealing the ruling. In his judgment, Mr. Justice Burton found in favour of Tullow’s indemnity claim for US$313 million in its entirety 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
Oil industry creating business opportunities in Uganda
When Uganda started taking definite steps towards the exploration of its commercial reserves of oil, the reason why every citizen warmed up to the news was because of the opportunities that they expected to come with such a breakthrough. Yes, cases of corruption have been reported and that alone could be a cause for
Makerere Business School sends out 60 graduates into an “Oily” but rugged field
Makerere Business School has churned out 60 graduates of an advanced oil and gas management essentials training. The 60 step into the seemingly “oily” field but they will definitely be shocked to discover that they may have to tread a rugged terrain in their pursuit of success in the increasingly competitive sector. In the recent
Museveni’s position on crude oil pipeline changes, Uganda to have both pipeline and refinery
For the first time, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has publicly consented to the pursuits of building a crude oil pipeline for the export of Uganda’s Oil; though, this will not impede plans to build a 60,000 capacity refinery that are already underway. Museveni still maintains that Uganda will go on with building
Establish a supplier development fund to strengthen SMEs in the Oil Sector
One of the key preoccupations of the government is how to enhance economic production and eradicate poverty. However, the extent to which the government should get involved in driving economic production is a divisive matter. Both the supporters of government involvement and those against have very strong arguments to back their view points. A
Why Uganda won’t think about exporting its gas just as yet
While a lot continues to be said about the oil that Uganda is yet to drill, little has been said about the potential of the Natural Gas Reserves that lie with the 3.5 million barrels of oil in the Albertine Region. It has been reported that for now, the Uganda government plans to use