{"id":3041,"date":"2015-06-02T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2015-09-07T12:20:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:20:03","slug":"uganda-hold-london-road-show-promote-first-licensing-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/uganda-hold-london-road-show-promote-first-licensing-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda to Hold London Road Show to Promote First licensing Round"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Hon. Eng. Irene Muloni has said Uganda will be holding a licensing round road show which will be held at the Montcalm Shoreditch London Tech City Hotel on 17th June 2015.<\/p>\n

The road show is to promote the first competitive bidding round which has opened up six blocks in the Albertine Graben for licensing.<\/p>\n

Following the issuance of a Request for Qualification (RFQ) inviting interested firms and\/or consortia to submit Statements of Qualifications, the Ministry has continued to encourage more firms to participate in the upcoming licensing round.<\/p>\n

The six blocks on offer are; Ngassa (410 Km2) in Hoima District, Taitai & Karuka (565 Km2) in Buliisa District, Ngaji (895 Km2), Rukungiri & Kanungu Districts, Mvule (344 Km2) in Moyo and Yumbe Districts\u00a0together with Turaco (425 Km2) and Kanywantaba (344 Km2) in Ntoroko District.<\/p>\n

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These blocks have both seismic and well data which were acquired by oil companies previously licensed in these areas. Stratigraphic Licensing will be applicable to some of these blocks.<\/p>\n

Uganda\u2019s first licensing round is guided by the National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda (2008) and the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 2013.<\/p>\n

Just last month the government extended<\/a> the deadline for Submission of Applications for Qualification for Uganda’s First Petroleum Licensing Round in a bid to encourage more applications.<\/p>\n

Besides participation in London the Government of Uganda is also planning to participate<\/a> at the Global Petroleum Show 2015; 9th\u00a0to 11th\u00a0June, 2015;\u00a0Stampede Park \u2013 Big 4 Building;\u00a0Calgary, Alberta, Canada.<\/p>\n

Earlier the ministry had also included American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Convention and Exhibition, 2015 and The 12th\u00a0\u00a0Africa Independents Forum 2015; 26th\u00a0to 27th\u00a0May, 2015;\u00a0Adelphi Suites, The Waldorf Hilton, London United Kingdom as part of promotional events for the licensing round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Hon. Eng. Irene Muloni has said Uganda will be holding a licensing round road show which will be held at the Montcalm Shoreditch … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[3184,3274,3276,2811,591,2831,3273,3275,3186,2802,3278,3193,1586,3191,3190,1687,3188,3280,3189,3277,3195,2603,3279],"class_list":["post-3041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-top-news","tag-12th-africa-independents-forum-2015","tag-albertine-bas","tag-american-association-of-petroleum-geologists-aapg-annual-convention-and-exhibition-2015","tag-buliisa-district","tag-development-and-production-act-2013","tag-eng-irene-muloni","tag-first-licensing-round","tag-gas-policy-for-uganda-2008-and-the-petroleum-exploration","tag-global-petroleum-show-2015","tag-hoima-district","tag-kanungu-districts","tag-kanywantaba","tag-ministry-of-energy-and-mineral-development","tag-moyo","tag-mvule","tag-national-oil","tag-ngaji","tag-ntoroko-district","tag-rukungiri","tag-taitai-karuka","tag-turaco","tag-uganda","tag-yumbe-districts","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/kingfisher-uganda.jpg?fit=451%2C413&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-N3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3005,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/uganda-extends-deadline-submission-applications-qualification-first-petroleum-licensing-round\/","url_meta":{"origin":3041,"position":0},"title":"Uganda Extends Deadline for Submission of Applications for Qualification for First Petroleum Licensing Round","author":"","date":"May 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The ministry of energy and mineral development has announced that it extended the closing date for receipt of applications for qualification has been extended by a month from 29th May to 30th June 2015. 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