NIGERIA: Buhari inaugurates 5,000 bpd Waltersmith Modular Refinery

A 5,000-barrel per day Waltersmith modular refinery in Ibigwe in Imo State in south-eastern Nigeria was on Tuesday inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. Inaugurating the refinery, which was performed virtually, … Read More

Saipem Awarded Front End Engineering Design (FEED) For Uganda Refinery

Saipem has been awarded a new contract for Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a new refinery in Hoima. Uganda recently awarded to the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium following the … Read More

Express Shipping and Logistics Eyes Uganda’s Upstream Sector with New Kampala Office

Express Shipping and Logistics Eyes Uganda’s Upstream Sector with New Kampala Office Kenya’s Express Shipping and Logistics has expanded to Uganda with the opening of the Kampala branch office as … Read More

Uganda’s Hotel & Tourism Sector Set to expand as Oil Development Phase kicks in

The hotel and tourism sector in western Uganda in particular is expected to see increased demand as work is set to commence on the development phase in the country’s upstream … Read More

$8B to be invested in Uganda in the next 3 years

Uganda expects up to $20 billion in investments as a result of the development phase in the oil and gas industry including $8 billion in the next three years as … Read More

Uganda’s Oil and Gas Industrial Park Master Plan to Be Ready By June 2017

The master plan for an Oil and Gas industrial park in Uganda being developed by SMEC International will now be ready by June 2017 according to Dickens Kamugisha from the … Read More

Early Oil Pilot Scheme To Proceed as Tullow Oil, Kenya Government Sign Agreements

Transportation of oil from the South Lokichar region namely the Amosing and Ngamia oilfields can commence following the signing of an agreement between the Kenyan government and the joint venture … Read More

Report Evaluates Challenges in Kenya’s Nascent Upstream Sector

A recently released strategic environmental and social assessment initial report for the petroleum sector in Kenya shows a multitude of issues the country needs to solve to ensure a smooth … Read More