PAU<\/a> is to monitor and regulate exploration, development and production of the petroleum in Uganda roles that have previously been carried out by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and \u00a0will hitherto be taken over the Authority.<\/p>\nRubondo who is the former director for Petroleum in the Ministry holds a Master of Science degree on Petroleum Reservoir Geology from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in the UK.<\/p>\n
He has worked with the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD) under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development since its inception in 1991 and grew through the ranks to become the head of Department in 2009. He later, in 2015, became the Director for Petroleum in the Ministry.<\/p>\n
In the course of his career, Rubondo has been a key participant in the promotion of Uganda\u2019s petroleum potential, negotiating the country\u2019s Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs), monitoring the work of licensed oil companies and in negotiating the commercialization avenues for the country\u2019s crude oil.<\/p>\n
He has also been heavily involved in the formulation of the country\u2019s legal and regulatory framework including the National Oil and Policy and the recently enacted petroleum industry legislation for Uganda. He will take up the new assignment at the beginning of September, 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am confident therefore that Mr. Rubondo\u2019s experience and leadership will be a great resource to the efficient start-up and operationalization of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda,\u201dsays the ministry\u2019s permanent secretary Dr. F.A. Kabagambe-Kaliisa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Uganda\u2019s ministry of energy and minerals development has announced the appointment of Ernest Rubondo as the first Executive Director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU followings a recommendation by … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5062,"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":[11],"tags":[802,4996,3447,1827,4995,2010,2603],"class_list":["post-5061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-ernest-rubondo","tag-executive-director","tag-ministry-of-energy-and-minerals-development","tag-oil","tag-petroleum-authority-of-uganda","tag-petroleum-exploration-and-production-department","tag-uganda","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ernest-Rubondo.jpg?fit=816%2C453&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1jD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5561,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/the-petroleum-authority-of-uganda-appoints-new-directors\/","url_meta":{"origin":5061,"position":0},"title":"The Petroleum Authority Of Uganda Appoints New Directors","author":"","date":"January 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has appointed Directors to support the implementation of its mandate of monitoring and regulating the exploration, development and production of petroleum together with the development and operation of pipelines and the refinery in Uganda. 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