{"id":5293,"date":"2023-01-25T22:06:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T22:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnewsworld.com\/?p=5293"},"modified":"2023-01-25T22:06:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T22:06:19","slug":"oil-drilling-starts-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amnewsworld.com\/fi\/oil-drilling-starts-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil drilling starts in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column js-responsive-iframes-container\">\n<p>Oil drilling began on Tuesday in a Chinese-operated field in <strong>Uganda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a government official, the East African country expects to start production by <strong>2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>China National Offshore Oil Corporation<\/strong>, CNOOC, operates the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an exciting moment for us as a national oil company but also an exciting moment for us as a country because there has been a general fatigue within the country on when first oil will come out. Today is not first oil, but it certainly is a big step in the right direction. It&#8217;s the day when we commission the drilling of the wells that will lead us to commercial production\u201d, said\u00a0<strong>Proscovia Nabbanja<\/strong>,\u00a0CEO of <strong>Uganda National Oil Company<\/strong> (UNOC).<\/p>\n<p>The authorities also announced the start of the construction of the oil pipeline between Uganda and Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOil from Kingfisher will go northwards &#8211; <strong>50<\/strong> kilometers\u00a0 &#8211; to <strong>Kabaale<\/strong> as will the oil from the <strong>Tilenga<\/strong> development will come south <strong>100<\/strong> kilometers to <strong>Kabaale<\/strong>, which is the starting point for the EACOP (East African Crude Oil Pipeline) pipeline and they will be transported on wards to <strong>Tanga<\/strong> where it can then be exported to world markets. So the three projects,\u00a0<strong>Kingfisher<\/strong>, <strong>Tilenga<\/strong> and <strong>EACOP<\/strong>, they really go hand-in-glove together, you can\u2019t have one without the other. The pipeline has to transport the oil and the oil has to be produced here so the three projects are tightly interlinked\u201d, explained\u00a0<strong>Martin Tiffen<\/strong>, Managing Director of East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have described the project as the world\u2019s longest heated oil pipeline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate<\/strong> activists have raised concerns about the <strong>effects<\/strong> of the pipeline on local communities and the environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMN | Reporters | AFP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil drilling began on Tuesday in a Chinese-operated field in Uganda. According to a government official, the East African country expects to start production by 2025. 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