Uganda, Tanzania agree to build long heated oil pipeline
4 years, 3 months ago

Uganda, Tanzania agree to build long heated oil pipeline

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — The leaders of Uganda and Tanzania have signed an agreement for the construction of what they say will be the world’s longest heated oil pipeline, linking Uganda’s planned oil fields in the country’s west to the Indian Ocean port of Tanga. French oil giant Total, a major investor in Uganda’s oil industry, announced last wek that it had reached a deal with Ugandan authorities governing the crude oil export pipeline that will cross sensitive protected areas, rivers, and farmland. Total is also criticized for digging oil wells in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park, a protected area popular with tourists. Total and its development partner in Uganda’s oil fields — the China National Offshore Oil Corporation — must “take urgent measures to avoid what could be a disaster waiting to happen,” FIDH’s Sacha Feierabend said in a statement to The Associated Press.

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Detained Uganda anti-pipeline activist released
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Detained Uganda anti-pipeline activist released

Al Jazeera  

Environmental Governance Institute says Stephen Kwikiriza in ‘poor condition’ after ‘severe beatings’ in detention. Doctors are conducting various examinations.” EGI is campaigning to stop the construction of the 1,445km East African Crude Oil Pipeline, which is to carry oil from oilfields in western Uganda to a port on Tanzania’s coast. “He was taken into custody for questioning regarding his illegal …

A Crude Mistake?
1 year ago

A Crude Mistake?

Al Jazeera  

People & Power investigates what major new oil projects in Uganda mean for the country, its people and the environment. In this documentary, People & Power investigates what major new oil projects in Uganda mean for the country, its people and the environment. And what could it mean for a country like Uganda, which is banking on major oil projects …

Africa Climate Summit: A Controversial New Project Seeks to Produce ‘Green’ Oil
1 year, 3 months ago

Africa Climate Summit: A Controversial New Project Seeks to Produce ‘Green’ Oil

The Independent  

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Uganda activists file new Paris case over TotalEnergies’ East Africa oil pipeline project
1 year, 5 months ago

Uganda activists file new Paris case over TotalEnergies’ East Africa oil pipeline project

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan activists brought another legal case Tuesday against French oil giant TotalEnergies, seeking damages over alleged food and land rights violations in the company’s East Africa operations. The civil suit filed in Paris comes four months after the collapse of a similar case brought by activists who wanted to stop TotalEnergies’ pipeline project in Uganda and Tanzania, …

Court dismisses case against TotalEnergies’ Africa projects
1 year, 9 months ago

Court dismisses case against TotalEnergies’ Africa projects

Associated Press  

PARIS — A French court on Tuesday dismissed a case brought against TotalEnergies by activists contending that the energy company’s major oil projects in east Africa violated the human rights of the region’s inhabitants and posed environmental risks. The six Ugandan and French groups said the company’s oil extraction and pipeline projects completely or partially adversely impacted the lands of …

Uganda begins oil drilling, hopes for production by 2025
1 year, 11 months ago

Uganda begins oil drilling, hopes for production by 2025

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Oil drilling has begun in a Chinese-operated field in Uganda and the East African country expects to start production by 2025, an official said Tuesday. The spokesman for Uganda’s ministry of energy and mineral development, Solomon Muyita, said the beginning of drilling at the Kingfisher oil field in the Kikuube district was “a significant stride” toward achieving …

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline
2 years, 2 months ago

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — A planned pipeline to export oil from Uganda is likely to entrench the long rule of President Yoweri Museveni, opposition figure Bobi Wine said Tuesday, voicing his opposition to a project that’s increasingly controversial over environmental concerns. Campaigners say the 897-mile heated pipeline — to link oil fields in western Uganda to neighboring Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port …

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline
2 years, 2 months ago

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine objects to oil pipeline

The Independent  

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Uganda reacts angrily to EU resolution slamming oil pipeline
2 years, 3 months ago

Uganda reacts angrily to EU resolution slamming oil pipeline

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s leader warned Friday that his government could “find someone else to work with” as French partner TotalEnergies faced mounting pressure to pull out of a partnership to construct a pipeline opposed by climate activists. The comments by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni followed a resolution by the European Union’s Parliament urging the international community “to exert maximum …

East African oil pipeline hits the headwinds
2 years, 8 months ago

East African oil pipeline hits the headwinds

Associated Press  

MOMBASA, Kenya — Climate activists — including influential campaigners Vanessa Nakate and Hilda Nakabuye — are urging more banks and insurers not to back the controversial $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline that is primed to transport oil from the Hoima oilfields in Uganda to the Tanzanian coastal city of Tanga. We cannot eat oil nor drink oil.” The …

Investors commit $10 billion to pump Uganda’s oil deposits
2 years, 10 months ago

Investors commit $10 billion to pump Uganda’s oil deposits

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda and a group of investors on Tuesday announced their decision to finally proceed with oil production following years of setbacks that threatened the East African country’s efforts to become an oil exporter. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation and the French energy conglomerate TotalEnergies said Tuesday that the investment in Uganda would be more than $10 …

With key deals, Uganda’s nascent oil sector nears maturity
3 years, 8 months ago

With key deals, Uganda’s nascent oil sector nears maturity

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda, Tanzania and French oil company Total signed agreements Sunday on building a heated pipeline to carry crude oil from western Uganda to the Indian Ocean coast. Ugandan authorities and officials from Total, a majority shareholder in Uganda’s oil fields, also signed the agreements that had been long held up by tax disputes, administrative delays, and the …

Facing critics, Total to minimize oil work in Uganda park
3 years, 9 months ago

Facing critics, Total to minimize oil work in Uganda park

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — The French oil company Total says it will limit its work to extract oil from a Ugandan national park to less than 1% of the protected area, seeking to assuage the concerns of activists who oppose the project. Total said it would support funding a 50% increase in the number of game rangers in Murchison Falls National …

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