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    TotalEnergies Spends UGX 4.6 Billion to Drill a Single Oil Well in Uganda—But Kingfisher’s Deeper Wells Push Costs Higher

    Paul MurungiThe Big StoryNovember 29, 2025November 29, 2025

    In Uganda’s Tilenga oil fields, where the low rumble of drilling rigs never stops, every passing hour of operation carries a price tag measured in tens of thousands of dollars. …

    Uganda’s elusive oil dream: Two decades of missed deadlines, billions spent, and the race to 2026

    Paul MurungiEnergy, Oil & GasThe Big StoryOctober 27, 2025February 28, 2026

    As one drives into Hoima City, the urban heart of Uganda’s oil dreams, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary town. The city has become a magnet for…

    East Africa’s crude oil pipeline gets a boost as thermal insulation plant gets launched and two key land lease and ports agreements signed 

    Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 27, 2024March 27, 2024

    Commercial efforts by Uganda to extract and commercialise her oil and gas resources received a major boost this week as the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd on 26th…

    Petroleum Authority lifts suspension on oil & gas drilling by CNOOC in Uganda 

    Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryOctober 14, 2023October 14, 2023

    The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has lifted the suspension of works at the Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA) in Kikuube District, paving the way for the resumption of operations. This…

    CNOOC Uganda’s new President, Liu Xiandong’s uphill task to rid the Chinese oil company of its ‘bad boy’ employee welfare and safety record

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryOctober 9, 2023October 10, 2023

    A fatal accident in the oil and gas fields in the Kingfisher Project Area operated by CNOOC Uganda, a subsidiary of China’s CNOOC International has re-awakened the company’s chequered employee…

    Inside the operation to move CNOOC’s massive oil rig from Mombasa to Kikuube and the 4 Ugandan friends whose company, DDG Oil & Gas Logistics, pulled off this complex task

    Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryOctober 18, 2022October 26, 2022

    On the 26th of September 2022, a new milestone was achieved in Uganda’s oil and gas industry. The first set of the Drilog and Welleader system and the LR8001 land…

    EACOP applies for construction license as Uganda sets to commence world’s longest heat traced pipeline

    Nelson NambooleThe Big StoryJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022

    The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Company (EACOP) Ltd, the firm spearheading the development of Uganda’s crude oil export pipeline, has applied for a construction license. A construction license will…

    More grim news as Total cancels major tender for Tilenga Project

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 26, 2019September 27, 2019

    Weeks after French oil and gas major, Total S.A announced suspension of the 1,445-kilometer and USD3.5 billion East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), CEO East Africa understands Total has also…

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