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The US Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac has urged the Ugandan government to use proper procedures in the development of its oil and gas sector so as not to fall prey to the problems that other mineral rich countries face. The ambassador, while Speaking to a delegation on the contract, transparency and accountability in the […]
According to Honey Malinga, the director of the Directorate of Petroleum, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development,the industry experiences many challenges towards local content and skills development. Uganda needs over 25,000 qualified workers, craftsmen and technicians to exploit oil and precious minerals(New vision 27 August 2018) While addressing graduates of the Youth Employment Enhancement Project (YEEP) […]
Uganda is committed to developing its petroleum sector across the entire value chain, and clear strides to move the country’s key assets from the exploration phase into the development phase have been made. The country offers opportunities for companies looking to explore, develop and utilise its petroleum assets. Hon Irene Muloni, the Minister of Energy and Mineral […]
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 […]
The government of Uganda has introduced an online monitoring system around the oil sites especially Lake Albert as a measure to safeguard the water quality and avoid future water contamination from oil wastes and spillages. The monitoring online system is designed to send a warning message electronically to a central point at the ministry of […]
State Minister for Minerals in the ministry of Energy Peter Lokeris has assured Ugandans that the country is to start its oil production in 2019 given that all the factors to support this have been put in place. He says the oil export pipeline, refinery, power production among other key elements to oil production are already […]
Uganda’s oil sector has received a boost with the establishment of a laboratory that will test the expected production rate of oil, measured by the number of barrels per day. The laboratory project, furnished with $750,000 worth of equipment, is a partnership between local firm Icon Industrial Services Uganda Ltd, and a Colombian firm C […]
Experts in agriculture and soils are warning that Uganda’s soils risk being damaged which will result into loss of fertility if the country embraces GMOs as they propose. Currently parliament is in corners trying to finalize the bio-technology and bio-safety bill to pass it into law with the aim of promoting GMOs usage and importation […]
Irish oil giant Tullow oil Uganda has this Wednesday been ordered to pay the $407,095,366 (about four hundred and seven million US dollars) to the government of Uganda in Capital Gains Tax by the Tax Appeals Tribunal. Tullow had challenged a capital gains tax assessment of $472,748,128 by the Uganda Revenue Authority with the oil firm citing […]
Download file of full ruling here THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA IN THE MATTER OF THE TAX APPEALS TRIBUNAL TAT APPLICATION NO. 4 OF 2011 TULLOW UGANDA LIMITED TULOW OPERATIONAL PTY LTD ………………………………… APPLICANTS VERSUS UGANDA REVENUE AUTHORITY ………………………….……..…… RESPONDENT RULING This ruling is in respect of an application brought by the applicants […]