Uganda set to launch tenders on oil project in December

The Uganda Petroleum Authority will in December launch the first key tenders for the long-awaited oil resources development project in Uganda, which cleared a major hurdle earlier this month after France’s supermajor signed the agreements to develop the project.

 

The first phase of the key tenders will include tendering work for the construction of a refinery and an oil pipeline to carry the crude from Uganda to a port in Tanzania for export.

The tenders will also include such for the completion of the oil road network in the region of Lake Albert, where the crude resources have been discovered, Peninah Aheebwa, director technical support services at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, said.

 

Earlier this month, Total, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), and the presidents of Uganda and Tanzania signed the final agreements required to launch the Lake Albert development project.

The development includes the Tilenga and Kingfisher upstream oil projects in Uganda and the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Uganda and Tanzania.

The Tilenga project, operated by Total, and the Kingfisher project, operated by CNOOC, are expected to deliver a combined production of 230,000 barrels per day (bpd) at plateau, Total said.

The production will be transported from the oilfields in Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania via the EACOP cross-border pipeline, in which Total and CNOOC will also be shareholders.