Investors Commit $10 billion for Controversial Uganda Oil Project
February 6th, 2022
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report on a planned large investment in Uganda’s oil sector: Chinese and French oil giants finally sealed a $10-billion deal Tuesday to unlock Uganda’s energy resources and build a vast regional oil pipeline, a mega-project that has incensed environmental groups. The so-called Final Investment Decision should pave the way […]
Read more »Sino-French African Pipeline Deal
April 13th, 2021
Via Oil and Gas Daily, a report on a recently announced Sino-French African pipeline deal: French green groups on Monday denounced a newly inked multi-national accord to build a massive crude oil pipeline in East Africa, warning of huge environmental risks. The Ugandan and Tanzanian governments joined oil companies Total of France and China’s CNOOC […]
Read more »Oil Envy In Uganda
February 1st, 2010
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a report looking at the skirmish over an oil field on the shores of Africa’s Lake Albert which highlights Big Oil’s intense interest in Uganda—a rising star of African energy. As the article notes: “…The battle centers on the Ugandan assets of Heritage Oil PLC, a small U.K.-based explorer, […]
Read more »Total-ly Chinese
December 22nd, 2009
Via The Wall Street Journal, an article reporting that Total SA is looking to expand its cooperation with China’s leading oil producer on a range of fronts, including a multibillion-dollar natural-gas project in northern China and prospective overseas deals in Iran and Venezuela. As the report notes: “…The French oil-and-gas company has been aggressive about […]
Read more »A Total Experience in Yemen…
February 23rd, 2009
Via The New York Times, an interesting report on Total’s activities in Yemen. As the article notes “…Yemen is a showcase for Total, whose experience here shows how far an oil company will go these days to unearth new energy supplies. Because of the endlessly complicated interplay of geology and geopolitics, access to petroleum resources […]
Read more »KazMunaiGas and Shell Team Up For Kashagan Oil
September 22nd, 2008
According to Reuters, Kazakh state oil company KazMunaiGas will create a joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell to handle the production segment of the Kashagan oilfield. As noted in the article: “…Energy Minister Sauat Mynbayev said KazMunaiGas would take over production-related operations at Kashagan in five years and join its new operational structure, according to […]
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