Tilenga Project

Energy, Oil & Gas

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
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.
Energy, Oil & Gas

Ugandan companies stand to win oil & gas contracts worth $167m

Uganda companies will be awarded contracts worth about $167m (Shs605.2bn) out of the $1.3bn tenders for the Tilenga and Kingfisher oil projects
Three male executives at a press conference
Energy, Oil & Gas

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