Energy and Infrastructure key development priorities since 1986 2020: The expected oil jobs are here The oil and gas sector is finally coming to the take-off stage. With the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the oil pipeline project expected this first quarter of 2020 (between now and March), what is on the minds of several
The World Bank has announced it will not fund upstream oil and gas projects from 2019 onwards, as a mean to save the world from disasters of climate change An estimated 1.1 billion people making 14% of the global population do not have access to electricity according to the International Energy Agency. Speaking at the
The oil ministry has started the project that aims to connect more houses to the national gas grid, Egypt Oil & Gas reports. The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) organized a workshop for the project’s team on June 25. The current phase of the project focuses on the technological aspect of the project including
The Trade, Industry and Cooperatives minister, Amelia Anne Kyambadde, has told a high level meeting with a senior World Bank official that oil and gas remain one of Uganda’s strategic plans for the country to attain middle income status by 2020. Uganda is expected to start the official production of oil by 2019 according to
The World Bank has asked the government of Uganda to prepare all sectors of the economy in order to tap the gains that come with the growth of the Oil and gas industry. The recommendations are entailed in a paper published by the Bank. The report aims at providing policy recommendations and strategies on key
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he tax dispute between Total E&P Uganda is just another in a series of Tax Disputes that the Uganda Revenue Authority has had to deal with in the past 5 years. The good news is that so far Uganda’s Tax body has always come out victorious and most remarkably in the Heritage case in which
In a recently completed World Bank study one of the key messages that the world bank sends out to Uganda Oil and Gas industry stakeholders is to build the country’s private sector. The study titled: “Leveraging Oil and Gas Industry for the Development of a Competitive Private Sector in Uganda” emphasizes that Uganda’s private sector
The World Bank has pledged to inject $600 to facilitate the construction of a regional pipeline linking oil fields in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan. In a statement made on Monday the World Bank said that the funds would be provided by its private- lending arm, the International Finance Corporation. The fund is part of
The World Bank will support Uganda’s Ambitious community and infrastructural development Project in the Albertine Graben despite protests from Global Witness, a London based Non- Government Organization Through the World Bank loan, the government hopes to invest at least $153.89 million (about UShs412.5 billion) in all the nine districts in the Albertine region. However Global
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