Energy
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Uganda starts commercial drilling of oil
Uganda on Tuesday started the drilling of oil for commercial production in the Western Region district of Kikuube on the…
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CSOs advise CNOOC to invest in renewable energy instead of Kingfisher Oil Project
Over 70 Ugandan and Congolese civil society organisations (CSOs) as well as their partners are calling on the Ugandan government,…
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UNOC takes full charge of petroleum storage terminal in Jinja
One Petroleum Limited (OPL), a consortium that has been managing and operating the Jinja Storage Terminal (JST) alongside Uganda National…
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5, 875 Ugandans were employed in the oil and gas sector by end of 2022
A total of 6, 233 people were employed within the oil and gas sector by the end of November 2022,…
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New Wave European Climate Litigation Aimed at Stopping African Energy Projects
By African Energy Chamber More than 600 million Africans lacked access to electricity before the pandemic, and it appears that…
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Museveni blames poor planning, not lack of money, for hindering development in the oil and gas sector
President Yoweri Museveni has said the government has all the money needed to develop institutions like Uganda Petroleum Institute –…
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Kenya unveils plan to add 3,000 MW of renewable energy to national power grid
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), a state-owned utility, on Thursday, announced plans to add 3,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy…
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Local content, gas monetization a boost for intra-african energy growth
Namibia, as an upcoming hydrocarbon producer, and Equatorial Guinea, as one of Africa’s top natural gas producers, have taken the…
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Govt reduces power tariffs in attempt to spur industrialization
Government is putting in effort to have a progressive and gradual end-user tariff reduction to support industrialization for socio-economic transformation…
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Global gas demand expected to decline by 65 bln cubic meters in 2022: Gazprom
The world’s demand for gas is expected to decrease by 65 billion cubic meters in 2022, with 55 billion cubic…
