Uganda invites Five Bidders to negotiate PSA’s in first competitive licensing round

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has announced it has completed evaluation of bids for the first competitive licensing round and invited the successful companies to negotiate Production Sharing … Read More

Overview of Uganda’s 60,000 Barrel Refinery Project

The refinery project is the child of the National Oil and Gas Policy (2008) for Uganda (objective 4) which seeks to promote valuable utilisation of the country’s oil and gas … Read More

Nigerian, Australian Companies Dominate Uganda Bids Round

Three of seven firms that have submitted bids for the next round of licensing in Uganda’s licensing round are from Nigeria according to the ministry of energy. Among the companies … Read More

Uganda Holds Bidder’s Conference After Successful First licensing Round

Uganda through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development on last week held the bidders conference for the ongoing licensing round to provide clarifications to the request for proposals documents, … Read More

Uganda issues bid documents to 16 companies under the First licensing round

The Government of Uganda (GOU) through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has issued the bidding document to the 16 Qualified Applicants which were successful following the evaluation of … Read More

Call for Comments on Draft Uganda Standards for Oil and Gas Upstream Equipment and Materials

Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMO), through the Technical Committee (UNBS/ TC 16/ SC2) is developing Standards for the … Read More

Uganda National Oil Company (NOC) Incorporated

Government of Uganda has concluded the process of incorporating the Uganda National Oil Company Limited which was registered at the end of June 2015 is now a legal entity. This … Read More

Rift Energy Hopeful of either Oil or Gas find in Kenya’s Block L19

Houston based Rift Energy says its preliminary resource reserve estimates for the top ten leads (including the four drill-ready prospects) says it is hopeful of  encountering oil or gas when … Read More

Ramboll To Carry-out Onshore Pipeline Study In Uganda

Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has awarded United Kingdom’s Ramboll a contract to conduct an early-phase study for the “Hoima–Kampala Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline” in Uganda, East Africa. … Read More

17 companies shortlisted for Uganda’s First Licensing Round for Petroleum Exploration, Development and Production

Following the end of a deadline for the Process of receiving the Request for Qualification ended on 30th June, 2015 the Ministry has said it has registered seventeen valid applicants out of … Read More