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Lionel Zinsou is a French-Beninese economist and investment banker, and was the Prime Minister of Benin from 2015 to 2016. He has been hired by TotalEnergies to conduct a review of its land acquisition programme in Uganda and Tanzania for the Tilenga and oil pipeline projects. His review will assess land acquisition procedures, consultation conditions, compensation and resettlement of affected people, and grievance redress mechanisms. It will also assess the efforts made by TotalEnergies EP Uganda and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) to improve the livelihoods of those affected by the land acquisition.

TotalEnergies hires investment banker to review land acquisition for Uganda projects

TotalEnergies has appointed an economist and former prime minister of Benin to review its land acquisition programme in Uganda and Tanzania for the Tilenga and Pipeline projects
An inland oil rig

Oranto granted another extension of exploration licences

Oranto Petroleum's exploration licences for the Ngassa block in Hoima and Kikuube districts have been extended for two years
Workers at the Kingfisher Oil Field in Kikuube, Uganda, on 24 January, 2023. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni launched the drilling process at the Kingfisher Oil Field, operated by the Chinese oil giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation Cnooc.

Careful management of market uncertainties required to maximise returns from oil and gas

Uganda's oil and gas industry needs a minimum global crude oil price of $63 (Shs237,893) per barrel for maximum profitability

What next for Uganda’s oil and gas sector after final investment decision?

The projects’ technical schedule indicates that first oil will be achieved 36 to 45 months after the final investment decisions. Those months will be characterised by intensive activity as FID unlocks the detailed engineering, procurement, and construction phase of the projects, where the bulk of opportunities lie
A group photo of oil company executives in Kampala, Uganda

Oil companies take final investment decision on Uganda projects

TotalEnergies, the French energy group, and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation have announced the long-awaited final investment decision for Uganda's oil projects, collectively referred to as the Lake Albert Development Project
A drilling rig at the Kingfisher field in Western Uganda

Uganda hopes for $10bn in investment as oil firms green light projects

Uganda expects investments worth about $20bn after Total Energies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation make final investment decisions on their oil and gas projects. The final decisions will be announced on Tuesday
A drilling rig at the Kingfisher field in Western Uganda
Uganda National Oil Company

Understanding Uganda’s revenue from the oil and gas sector

How much will Uganda earn from the oil and gas industry, and how was it determined? How much do the foreign oil companies stand to make? A dissection of Uganda's production-sharing agreements
Uganda's energy minister, Mary Goretti Kituttu and Total's Nicolas Terraz signing the oil pipeline host government agreement

Government and Total sign key oil pipeline agreement

The Uganda government and Total, the French oil major, on Friday signed the host government agreement which will govern the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline project
Kyehoro Camp operated by Tullow in Uganda

Tullow Oil shareholders approve Uganda farmdown deal

Tullow Oil PLC shareholders on Wednesday voted to approve the sale of the company’s remaining 33.33% stake in Uganda’s oil fields and the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline

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28 May 2020

Cnooc opts out of Tullow-Total deal

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation on Tuesday notified Tullow Oil Plc and Total SA that it will not acquire a stake in Tullow's assets in Uganda

A Tullow oil field in Ghana
23 April 2020

Total E&P acquires Tullow Uganda’s stake for $575m

French oil major Total SA said on Thursday that is acquiring Tullow oil’s assets in Uganda's Lake Albert oil project for $575m (Shs2.1 trillion), with $500m to be paid once the deal has been approved by the government and $75m paid when a final investment decision has been reached

A drilling rig at a drilling site in Uganda
7 April 2020

Uganda and oil companies reach deal on Tullow farm-down

The Uganda government and the three joint venture partners in the Lake Albert oil project —Tullow Oil, Total E&P, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation —have reached a deal on the sale of Tullow's assets, this website can confirm

A drilling rig at the Kingfisher field in Western Uganda
4 September 2019

Total E&P freezes work on Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline

French oil major Total, the lead joint venture partner on Uganda's proposed crude oil export pipeline has frozen all activities on the multibillion-dollar project citing “uncertainty” over its Uganda operation

Map showing the East African Crude Oil Export Pipeline route.
8 May 2019

Government offers five oil blocks in second exploration licensing round

Irene Muloni, the minister for energy, opened the second bidding round for five oil blocks in the Albertine Graben region on Tuesday, including two blocks that were left over from the last licensing round in 2015

Uganda's minister for energy, Irene Muloni, stands next to a map showing the five oil blocks she had just opened for licensing at the East African Petroleum Conference in Mombasa
11 April 2019

Government sets May for new licensing round

Irene Muloni, the minister of energy and mineral development, has revealed plans for the second licensing round of three oil blocks in the Albertine Graben region

11 February 2019

Total to fast-track Tilenga project this year

French oil major Total’s chief executive Patrick Pouyanné last week revealed his company’s plans to accelerate development of the company’s Tilenga project in Buliisa and Nwoya districts

A drilling rig at a drilling site in Uganda
1 February 2019

Petroleum Authority launches database for oil jobs

Anyone interested in a job in Uganda's oil sector will have to first list on the National Talent Register, launched on Friday by the sector regulator, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda

Ernest Rubondo (centre), the executive director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda and other officials at the launch of the oil sector's National Talent Register in Kampala.
28 January 2019

Oil pipeline negotiations enter final leg

Negotiating the agreement spelling out the rights and obligations of the parties in the proposed oil pipeline has been a drawn-out process, but officials are optimistic they'll reach an agreement soon

Uganda's energy minister, Irene Muloni, Medard Kalemani, the minister of energy, Tanzania, with other delegates from Tanzania after a meeting in Kampala
21 December 2018

Cnooc aims to make final decision on Kingfisher field by April 2019 — minister

Uganda and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation are looking at April 2019 for a final investment decision on the Kingfisher oil field, the energy minister said

Press conference in a board room