Since reaching FID in February 2022, Uganda has kicked off a massive oil drilling campaign with four oil rigs⏤ three of them at the TotalEnergies-operated USD4-5 billionTilenga Project in Buliisa and Nwoya districts, and one rig at the CNOOC-run USD2-3 billionKingfisher Project in Kikuube in the Albertine Graben. As of June 2024, TotalEnergies had made considerable progress in drilling over 35 oil wells with a projection of drilling 98 wells by the end of 2024. Seven oil wells had so far been drilled at the KingFisher Project alongside other engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) works. Construction works for the USD5…
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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 enable the company to kick-start the development of the 1,443km, 24-inch diameter heated and buried crude oil pipeline that will start from Kabaale, Hoima in Uganda to Chongoleani, Tanga in Tanzania. It will be the longest heat traced pipeline in the world. While applying to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development on Friday (1 July 2022), EACOP Ltd’s General Manager, Martin Tiffen, said all is set for the work…
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