Tilenga Oil Project Host Communities Protest Central Processing Facility Project Impacts

Households living near TotalEnergies’ Industrial Area in Buliisa district have protested against failure by TotalEnergies, and its sub-contractor MontaEngil, to mitigate the Tilenga oil project impacts on them. The Industrial Area is being developed in Kasinyi village, Ngwendo sub-county. It will host a Central Processing Facility (CPF) among other oil infrastructure under TotalEnergies’ Tilenga oil project. In 2021, TotalEnergies sub-contracted MontaEngil to undertake site preparation works such as site clearance, fencing and drainage works in the Industrial Area. Communities say that they have suffered many impacts since MontaEngil started work.  “During the dry season early this year, dust from the…