{"id":7606,"date":"2019-03-04T14:07:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=7606"},"modified":"2019-03-04T14:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:07:48","slug":"agrc-presents-a-final-refinery-configuration-to-the-government-of-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/agrc-presents-a-final-refinery-configuration-to-the-government-of-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"AGRC presents a final refinery configuration to the Government of Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Government of Uganda team led by the Hon. Irene N Muloni, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development has been meeting with the  <br>Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium\u00a0 AGRC (comprised of YAATRA, Saipem S.p.A, LionWorks Group and Baker Hughes General Electric BHGE) leadership in Milan to review the final refinery configuration presented by SAIPEM SpA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The  Minister has congratulated the AGRC ( consortium for reaching this milestone in the time scheduled under the PFA and encouraged them to meet all the remaining activities on schedule to ensure the refinery project is completed in the time agreed. She informed the AGRC that GoU is happy with the Final Refinery Configuration proposed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AGRC leadership led by Ms.\nRajakumari Jandhyala, CEO of YAATRA thanked the Minister and the Government of\nUganda team for taking time to meet the AGRC team in Milan, reviewing&nbsp;the\nproposed final refinery configuration and ensuring that this milestone is\nconcluded in to enable the start of the FEED process. She, on behalf of AGRC,\nstated that the consortium is fully committed to ensuring completion of all\ncommercially viable pre-FID activities as scheduled in the PFA on time in join\ncollaboration with Government of Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AGRC will hereafter look to\nthe formal launch of the FEED process which is expected to be concluded at the\nend of 2019 and thereafter take Final Investment Decision (FID) before\nconstruction would commence. Following a successful FID, the refinery is\nexpected to be completed by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government of Uganda (GoU) represented by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Irene N Muloni and Uganda National Oil Company <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ISWffq\">signed<\/a> a Project Framework Agreement (PFA) on the 10th of April 2018 to develop a 60,000-bpd refinery in Kabaale, Hoima District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the said PFA would develop and\npropose a final refinery configuration that would provide the best technical\nand economic results for Government\u2019s approval. AGRC, through SAIPEM SpA,\npresented a final refinery configuration to the Government of Uganda (GoU).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Government of Uganda team led by the Hon. Irene N Muloni, Minister of Energy and Mineral Development has been meeting with the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium\u00a0 AGRC (comprised of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/agrc-presents-a-final-refinery-configuration-to-the-government-of-uganda\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7607,"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":[6310],"class_list":["post-7606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-albertine-graben-refinery-consortium","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/8c6f343b954d235bd74601498254e956.png?fit=800%2C428&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1YG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6941,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/albertine-graben-refinery-consortium-awarded-uganda-refinery-bid\/","url_meta":{"origin":7606,"position":0},"title":"Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium Awarded Uganda Refinery","author":"","date":"April 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The General Electric,\u00a0SAIPEM SPA led Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC) will now build the oil refinery in Hoima District after the signing of the Project Framework Agreement between the government and the AGRC. 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