Access to affordable and clean energy has remained a pipe dream from many people in the sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to high electricity cost and exorbitant initial connection fees. A new paper by Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye, the research director at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Anita Ntale, a…
According to the most recent forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's, crude oil price are forecasted to average $54.1 per barrel in 2018, a US$ 2.5 increase from the 2017 price of $52.4 per barrel. Oil price has risen by more than 140 percent since the January 2016…
The French could scuttle Chinese plans for Uganda oil Tullow Oil Uganda, Total E&P Uganda, and the China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) are the three partners in Uganda’s upstream sector. But a rift appears to be starting to emerge in their relationship over the routes the oil…
Oil exploration and production in Uganda require extreme caution to prevent environmental damages according to Dr Peter Blomeyer the German ambassador to Uganda. The ambassador noted that Uganda's oil and gas resources have been discovered in environmentally sensitive areas such as forests, national parks, lakes and rivers. Uganda's…