The Petroleum Authority of Uganda’s Corporate Affairs Manager on courage, calling, loss, leadership, and living a life aligned with purpose. In Uganda’s rapidly evolving oil and gas sector, an industry layered with complexity, scrutiny, political sensitivity, technical sophistication, and high public expectations, communication is not a function; it is a responsibility. Few professionals have carried that responsibility with as much steadiness, clarity, and grace as Gloria Sebikari, Manager of Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU). Her career has unfolded across the rise of Uganda’s petroleum industry. From the early exploration stage, the policy and regulatory foundations, the…
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The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has commenced the search for its second Executive Director, formally opening the next chapter in the leadership of Uganda’s oil and gas regulator. The recruitment signals a carefully sequenced succession plan ahead of the expected end of Ernest N. T. Rubondo’s second and final term on August 31, 2026. The move is more than administrative. It comes at a moment when Uganda’s petroleum sector is on the cusp of transformation from years of exploration, negotiation and construction into full-scale production. For PAU, the transition marks the end of an era shaped almost entirely by…
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As the 6th Annual National Content Conference entered its final day, Ugandan enterprises supplying or seeking to supply goods and services to the oil and gas sector were urged to broaden their horizons and explore regional markets in emerging oil frontiers. The call came during a panel discussion on how Uganda’s oil and gas sector can harness regional synergies to accelerate National Content growth. The discussion focused on cross-border investments, joint supplier development, and collaboration across the East African energy ecosystem, positioning the region as a competitive oil and gas hub. During a keynote address, Mr. Jimmy Mugerwa, Project Manager…
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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. According to official briefings and technical presentations from the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the average daily cost to drill a single oil costs $140,000 (UGX 506 million) in the Tilenga project run by TotalEnergies. However, for an industry often defined by staggering figures, a PAU official notes that this figure stands out among the lowest drilling-day rates in the world; other oil wells across the world cost as much as…
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Uganda’s petroleum sector has recorded a major milestone with new assessments showing a rise in recoverable oil resources from 1.4 billion to 1.65 billion barrels. The announcement was made by…
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…
Ali Ssekatawa was appointed the Director for Legal and Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) in 2017. He has since amassed years of experience, specializing in tax and oil and gas law. Before the Petroleum Authority, he served with the Uganda Revenue Authority from 2005, rising through the ranks, and was appointed Head of the Litigation portfolio and was a public tax prosecutor from 2011 to 2017. He has litigated and won groundbreaking cases in Uganda and other International Tribunals such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration….
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Tom Ayebare Rukundo is the Manager of Economic and Financial Analysis at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) and a rising star where he leads the oversight of the economic and financial aspects of Uganda’s Oil and Gas sector in addition to harnessing linkages between the Oil and Gas sector and other sectors of the Economy for broad-based economic growth. He was deeply involved in the negotiations that facilitated the Final Investment Decision and secured the government’s take from the projects in addition to spearheading and sourcing close to a billion shillings from the private sector to fund research on…
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Alex Nyombi has over nineteen years of experience in the oil and gas industry with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. He’s a member of the Ugandan team that acquired technical data in the Albertine Graben and promoted the country’s oil and gas potential to industry to attract investment. Nyombi participated in the drafting and putting in place the new legislation for the oil and gas sector in Uganda and chaired the team that put in place the new model Production Sharing Agreement and other related agreements for the country. He was the License Manager for the Kingfisher Development…
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Clovice Bright Irumba is a Petroleum Geoscientist with specialized training and practical knowledge in Petroleum Law and Policy with 20 years of working experience in the oil and gas industry, a career that started at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development of Uganda. He has researched the evolution of the legal framework governing the oil and gas industry in Uganda which has made him develop unique skills not only in legal drafting but also development analysis of petroleum policy and strategy. Mr. Irumba was involved in field studies in the Albertine Graben to establish the petroleum potential of Uganda…
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