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CNOOC Uganda

Across Lake Albert in Kikuube District, CNOOC’s Kingfisher Project tells a complementary story. The LR8001 automated rig has drilled 17 of 31 oil wells hitting its production target. The Central Processing Facility, designed for 40,000 barrels of daily capacity, is nearing completion to process the crude oil before export.

Uganda’s elusive oil dream: Two decades of missed deadlines, billions spent, and the race to 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 ambition, its
October 27, 2025
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Martin Tiffen (with hand pointing), the EACOP Managing Director shows an insulated pipeline to Ruth Nankabirwa (left), the Ugandan Minister of Energy & Mineral Development (MEMD) and Hon. Dr. Doto Mashaka Biteko (2nd left), the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, United Republic of Tanzania. This was during the launch of the Thermal Insulation Plant/Workshop in Sojo, Nzege in the Tabora Region of Tanzania, on March 26th 2024.

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

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 of March
March 27, 2024
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CNOOC Uganda’s new President, Liu Xaingdong (left) shakes hands with the Petroleum Authority’s Executive Director, Ernest T. Rubondo, after a July 2023 meeting. Liu has an uphill task to straighten the company’s safety record.

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

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 health, safety
October 9, 2023
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LEFT-RIGHT: David Kasingwire (Daks Couriers), Isaac Nsereko (RI Distributors & DT Logistics) and Harold.B.Ssemalwadde (Globe Trotters Ltd) in Mombasa during the offloading of the CNOOC Uganda oil rig.PHOTO/Courtesy

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

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 rig equipment
October 18, 2022
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The ‘Tilenga Project’ is a centrepiece in the Albertine Graaben’s development phase and consists of 34 well pads an evacuation Production and Injection pipeline Network, a Central Processing Facility (CPF) and a water abstraction system on the shore of Lake Albert. Cancellation of the procurement process for a major logistics supplier for the project is a key indicator of how deep the difference between the oil companies are and how determined the oil companies are to hold their ground.

More grim news as Total cancels major tender for Tilenga Project

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 halted, among
September 26, 2019

 

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