Negotiation is a Normal Part of the Global Petroleum Industry, March 2020
Situations that call for waiting are not always easy to deal with and for Uganda’s oil and gas industry, the waiting gets harder every year, as people try to understand why the wait seems unending. For those within the industry the task is to disseminate as much information as possible, keeping the public updated on […]
Uganda Prepares to Join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), July 2020
20th July 2020 – EITI is the global standard for the promotion of transparency and good governance in the management of oil, gas and mineral resources. The EITI Standard requires countries and companies to disclose information along the extractive industry value chain, including production and revenue collection. The implementation of EITI is overseen by participants […]
Land Acquisition for Oil and Gas Projects; Project Affected Persons will be Adequately Compensated, July 2020
Kampala, 17 th July 2020. The oil and gas sector in Uganda is at a critical stage. The commercial negotiations which will impact both the profitability and the sector’s contribution to inclusive development are in final stages. The infrastructure required to commercially produce the Country’s 6 billion barrels of oil and gas resources has been […]
Kenyan Delegation visits Uganda to Benchmark on Establishment of a Petroleum Regulatory Authority
KAMPALA, 21st February 2020. A delegation from the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines, Kenya has completed a two-day benchmarking and familiarisation visit to the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC). The Government of Kenya is in the process of setting up […]
SPE Uganda Wins International Award for Section Excellence August, 2019;
SPE Uganda Wins International Award for Section Excellence August, 2019; The Society of Petroleum Engineers for the Uganda section won an international award for section excellence. This award is presented to only 20% of the 203 SPE sections in the world. The award is in recognition of the SPE Uganda’s exceptional efforts in technical knowledge […]