The reelection of President Donald Trump , the change in energy politics and landscape combined with the emergence of new poles could breathe new life in Uganda's oil and gas sector.
According to PAU, some youth in the region are being manipulated by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) that offer them small sums of money to disrupt ongoing oil development activities in the Albertine Graben.
Egbert Faibile Jnr, the Chief Executive Officer at Petroleum Commission of Ghana says Uganda needs to ensure that petroleum revenues are not burdened by costs incurred by oi companies
The biggest challenge is how to build the capacity of customs officers to ensure that the law is not used to facilitate illicit activities like money laundering and financing of terror.
The PAPs who were holding placards inscribed with words like Stop land grabs, don’t displace us for oil, for Tilenga, stormed the Hoima High Court at around 10 a.m. protesting the December 2023 court verdict.
Kamurasi shares that supplying the sector is not just about winning the bid or chasing after them. It requires preparation from logistics, planning, human resources and above all ready capital.
Oil and gas will still be needed in Wood Mackenzie scenarios, it is assumed that oil demand will drop by 100 million barrels a day to around 30 million barrels a day in 2050.
Ugandan firms already bagged contracts worth $7.5 million for the supply of goods to the Tanzanian side. More than 65 million dollars are there for grabs from the company contracted to construct the pipeline
The call comes as world leaders and environmental activists prepare to travel for the UN Climate Change Conference(COP) to be held in Dubai at the end of this month.
Uganda has vehemently refused to abandon its oil and gas projects. The government of Uganda sees oil development as a way to diversify energy supplies and improve energy security by cutting reliance on oil imports.
Alex Nyombi, the Director of Development and Production at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda said both rigs have noise-suppressing technology and are fully automated and environmentally friendly.
Phillip Katahoire, the Kingdom's Minister for External Relations says that the disposal, waste management, and recycling system of plastic waste remains inefficient yet plastics cause a big threat to humans and the environment.
According to the oil companies, some suppliers have more than doubled prices for certain goods and services in the region just because they are supplying the oil and gas sector .
The students and the university leaders gave their views at a dialogue with the oil and gas companies and the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, called by the Makerere University Petroleum and Geological Society to understand the basis of the ongoing debate.
President Museveni told the Uganda Oil and Gas Conference in Kampala that there is no plan to halt the developments of any of the projects, urging the EU MPs not to start a battle.
Officials at the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Uganda Limited which is manning the oil field said the equipment started its journey to Uganda in Mid-August.
Addressing a rally at Masindi Golf and spots Club center in Masindi Municipality on Saturday afternoon, Museveni explained that the government considered the Parish Development Model initiative in order to create wealth and jobs through industrialization, services, Information and Communication Technology, and modernization of Agriculture
