Europe’s energy crisis has ignited fresh interest in Africa as an alternative supplier of oil and gas.
KIKUBE, Uganda: Uganda is on track for its first oil output by April 2025, putting the East African nation on the list of oil-producing countries.has ignited fresh interest in Africa as an alternative supplier of oil and gas.In western Uganda, drilling has already started at the country’s first-ever oil production wells, despite mounting criticism from environmental activists.
Crude oil will be pumped through the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, believed to be the longest heated export pipeline in the world. “Momentum is picking up on the ground, work is getting busier,” said Mr Martin Tiffin, managing director at the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Mr Moses Musingunzi, one of the residents displaced by the pipeline, said: “In this area, an acre of land goes for about US$3,000.
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni , accompanied by workers from China Oilfield Services Limited and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, inaugurates the start of drilling at the Kingfisher oil field on Jan 24, 2023. Meanwhile, opposition from environmentalists has become another thorny issue.
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