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Why Uganda is investing in oil despite pressures to go green - BBC
The money will be used to develop several upstream facilities as well as the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, which will run for 1,400km (870 miles) from landlocked Uganda to the port of Tanga in
Credit: Petroleum Authority of Uganda. The Petroleum Authority of Uganda has announced that the Ugandan Government has selected United Arab Emirates-based Alpha MBM Investments as preferred bidder for a planned $4bn domestic oil refinery in Hoima. The Hoima refinery will be equipped to process 60,000bopd.
Why Uganda is investing in oil despite pressures to go green
The money will be used to develop several upstream facilities as well as the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, which will run for 1,400km (870 miles) from landlocked Uganda to the port of Tanga in
At peak, Uganda plans to produce about 230,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The country’s crude reserves are estimated at 6.5 billion barrels, of which 1.4 billion barrels are recoverable.
Uganda’s Oil Refinery: Gauging the Government’s Stake
Uganda’s Oil Refinery: Gauging the Government’s Stake 3 • Uganda’s planned oil refinery will have several benefits for the country, including for its security of fuel supply and balance of payments. • The refinery could be reasonably profitable, generating an internal rate of return of 13 percent in a baseline scenario.
Step 1: Cleaning. After harvesting groundnut are received at processing facilities. Batches of harvested peanuts will contain whole peanuts in the shell, some shelled peanuts, and foreign objects (e.g., leaves, nodes, weed seed, etc.). The peanuts are then cleaned using cleaning machine so that oil is not contaminated with foreign materials.
Uganda in talks with UAE investment firm over planned oil refinery
Uganda is negotiating with an investment company led by a member of Dubai's royal family to develop a planned $4 billion refinery for some of its crude oil, its energy minister said on Tuesday.
A State House statement issued in early December said the Final Investment Decision (FID) to be taken by the East African Energy Security Transition Investment project is expected in 2023. Like elsewhere in the world, in negotiating the refinery project, Uganda will be faced with a number of difficult decisions.
- Will Uganda’s planned oil refinery be profitable?
- Uganda¡¯s planned oil refinery will have several benefits for the country, including for its security of fuel supply and balance of payments. The refinery could be reasonably profitable, generating an internal rate of return of 13 percent in a baseline scenario.
- Will other projects advance to oil production in Uganda?
- Whether and when other projects will advance to oil production is uncertain. 60 percent of Uganda is unexplored and there has been a high success rate in areas that have been explored. Exploration plans are advancing in several other blocks, such as Ngassa, Kanywataba and Turaco.
- What is the Uganda refinery project?
- Introduction to the Uganda Refinery Project, September 2013 Uganda’s Refinery involves the development of a greenfield oil refinery, with a capacity of 60,000 BPD in Uganda, and the associated downstream infrastructure (the Project). The Project will be owned by the selected firm/consortium and the GOU in a 60:40 partnership.
- What are the major oil and gas projects in Africa?
- ¡°Transitioning from strategic planning to practical implementation, we are advancing four major oil and gas projects: the Tilenga and Kingfisher projects in the Upstream (US $6-8 Billion) and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) (US $5 Billion), and the Uganda Refinery (US $4 Billion) Projects in the Midstream,¡± said Nankabirwa.
