Oil & gas
Museveni expected to commission first oil at Hoima pump station on 15 December
President Museveni is expected to commission first oil on 15 December at Pump Station One in Hoima, a source says. The government has not confirmed
Uganda National Oil Company
Uganda leaves first-oil date open until June 2027
With the pipeline 92 per cent complete and Tilenga at 78 per cent, first oil depends on three linked projects finishing together by mid-2027
Petroleum Authority of Uganda
Rubondo’s PAU exit closes with a delayed send-off
Ernest Rubondo, PAU's first executive director, was feted at the Sheraton a month after his exit, with successor talks still ongoing
Kampala Storage Terminal
Ticking bomb in Mpigi: a 320-million-litre oil terminal beside an open-air landfill
A $310mn petroleum terminal meant to bolster Uganda's fuel security rises in Mpigi beside an open-air landfill mired in legal dispute
Uganda’s oil company ditches equity partner for its biggest terminal yet
A $309.7mn fuel terminal outside Kampala signals a shift in how Uganda's state oil company funds strategic energy infrastructure
In Fred Kabanda, petro engineers win Petroleum Authority succession war
Fred Kabanda, an African Development Bank executive, will lead Uganda's oil regulator as commercial crude production approaches
Uganda National Oil Company