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Spotlight | Uganda
How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

Total chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné. © HAMILTON/REA

In between cancelled meetings, Total and Tullow Oil were able to prompt swift action from President Yoweri Museveni over the Lake Albert asset sale. Now all that remains to be seen is what CNOOC will decide to do. [...]

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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022.

Spotlight | Uganda
TotalEnergies boss Patrick Pouyanné stands alone in bid to develop Tilenga

The development of oil fields in Lake Albert is testing the TotalEnergies boss' nerves. He is under pressure from politicians and environmentalists, while shareholders are lukewarm about the Tilenga project, which is partly located in a fragile ecosystem.

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French Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne.

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Uganda
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The President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni.

Uganda
Total given carte blanche by Museveni

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Subscribers only Energy 21.05.2021

Uganda
Museveni gets tough on illegal miners after chasing their votes

While he may have accepted their vote during the January election in which he won another term, President Yoweri Museveni is now taking tough action to achieve another goal: increase state revenue.

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Uganda
Total set to finally sign Tilenga FID

The French major's repeatedly postponed investment in the Tilenga field is almost in the bag.

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Uganda
Total again postpones its final investment decision on Lake Albert oil project

President Yoweri Museveni looks likely to face a long wait for the start of oil production as the French major hesitates about giving the go-ahead for development work because of concerns about Uganda's political stability.

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2021

Spotlight | Uganda
Days ahead of poll, Museveni refines his future oil squad

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is near-certain to win Thursday's election. He is putting finishing touches to his oil team, expecting Total will confirm its intention to invest in Tilenga.

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Uganda
Frontrunner emerges in Fluor vs CB&I race for Total's Tilenga infrastructure contract

Fluor's lower bid is thought to have given it an edge over its rival, the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, for the vast works on the Lake Albert field. With an election round the corner, Museveni is keen for things to move quickly now.

Subscribers only Energy 19.11.2020

Uganda
Museveni left alone with Total and CNOOC following closure of second licensing round

Following the closure of its call for bids for six new oil exploration blocks, the Ugandan government is despondent. No major group has come forward apart from Total and CNOOC, which are already active in Uganda.

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Uganda
Museveni, Magufuli finally settle on Total/CNOOC's Lake Albert crude transit fees

The presidents of Uganda and Tanzania had fought hard over the lion's share of revenue from transporting Ugandan oil.

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Tanzanian President John Magufuli and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

Nigeria
Nigeria aims to start supplying baryte to Ghanaian and South African oil industries by 2021

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Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni sets up yet another elite unit to fight gold smuggling

President Museveni recently set up a new unit to try to stamp out gold smuggling. His aim is to get Uganda out of the economic doldrums by convincing new operators to come into the country's gold mines.

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Gold nuggets before the refining process at AGR (African Gold Refinery) in Entebbe, Uganda.

Uganda
Former Kenyan attorney general Githu Muigai and UN rapporteurs join Total's critics over Tilenga

The former Kenyan attorney general, who was until recently chairman of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, has added his voice to the cacophony of protests against the oil major's activities in Uganda.

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Tanzania, Uganda
Total's FID pivotal to Magufuli and Museveni returning to office

The two presidents, who are running for re-election, are banking on Total's final investment decision on Lake Albert field being signed soon.

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Tanzanian President John Magufuli (right) and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni.

Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni ready to make financial concessions to promote iron and steel production

To ensure that investors actually carry out their plans to build steel plants and develop iron ore production in Uganda, head of state Yoweri Museveni has decided to offer financial and fiscal incentives to developers of new projects.

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Yoweri Museven in his speech to the nation on 4 June

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Mr Energy makes further inroads into Africa.

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US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon.

Uganda
Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

The Chinese major CNOOC has serious doubts as to the viability of Ugandan crude exports, which explains its recent lack of investment and its decision to leave the way clear for Total.

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Spotlight | Uganda
Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

Panic at the summit of the state in Kampala has resulted in a deal that is highly favourable to the oil companies. Here's what happened behind the scenes.

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.2020

A Tullow Oil drilling site in Uganda on the shore of Lake Albert, in Kigogole.

Uganda
Total unperturbed as it moves towards the second round of legal battle against NGOs

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Uganda
Armour faces $7.5m bill over Kanywataba block

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Mozambique
Total brings in former military man to head LNG plant 'security unit'

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Subscribers only Energy 01.06.2020

Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

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Subscribers only Energy 29.05.2020

The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni needs to secure a final investment decision before the election of March 2021.

Uganda
Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

The Chinese major has already made its decision: it has no intention of leaving the way clear for its French rival.

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2020

Uganda
Covid-19 throws up roadblock to Museveni's bidding round

Uganda's minister of petroleum Mary Goretti Kitutu is preparing to postpone her oil bidding round for the third time. Initially [...]

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Uganda
Tax wars: truce between Tullow-Total-Cnooc and Museveni?

The end of the fiscal fracas could spell the announcement of the much-anticipated FID for the development of Uganda's Lake Albert fields.

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

Uganda
Museveni asks teams to find middle ground on taxes with Total/Cnooc

According to our sources, the Ugandan ministry of energy now [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Spotlight | Uganda
Total/Tullow Oil: why Yoweri Museveni turned his oil commando unit on its head

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Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | Uganda
How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

Uganda
Museveni nominations case drags on in East African court

Spotlight | Uganda
TotalEnergies boss Patrick Pouyanné stands alone in bid to develop Tilenga

Uganda
Kampala drags out second bid round talks

Uganda
TotalEnergies exasperated with slow pace of Museveni's approvals needed for Tilenga

Uganda
Total given carte blanche by Museveni

Uganda
Museveni gets tough on illegal miners after chasing their votes

Uganda
Total set to finally sign Tilenga FID

Uganda
Total again postpones its final investment decision on Lake Albert oil project

Spotlight | Uganda
Days ahead of poll, Museveni refines his future oil squad

Uganda
Frontrunner emerges in Fluor vs CB&I race for Total's Tilenga infrastructure contract

Uganda
Museveni left alone with Total and CNOOC following closure of second licensing round

Uganda
Museveni, Magufuli finally settle on Total/CNOOC's Lake Albert crude transit fees

Nigeria
Nigeria aims to start supplying baryte to Ghanaian and South African oil industries by 2021

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Museveni sets up yet another elite unit to fight gold smuggling

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Former Kenyan attorney general Githu Muigai and UN rapporteurs join Total's critics over Tilenga

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Total's FID pivotal to Magufuli and Museveni returning to office

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Museveni ready to make financial concessions to promote iron and steel production

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Francis Fannon, at the vanguard of Trump's African oil diplomacy

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Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

Spotlight | Uganda
Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

Uganda
Total unperturbed as it moves towards the second round of legal battle against NGOs

Uganda
Armour faces $7.5m bill over Kanywataba block

Mozambique
Total brings in former military man to head LNG plant 'security unit'

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Museveni concerned CNOOC is getting cold feet over Total's crude exports

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Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

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Covid-19 throws up roadblock to Museveni's bidding round

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