Oil & Gas

Mr. Barikenda Fred, living on a clan land in Buliisa district is a Tilenga project-affected person. The land on which his house sits was compensated and he qualified for house reconstruction before he could be moved. However, Barikende and his four children were on 7th September 2022 ring-fenced as a measure to force them out of the place even when they had not built their house as it had been agreed. “TotalEnergies came and [ring]-fenced me and my family without my consent. They were supposed to construct my house somewhere else then I leave the site,” helpless man told press on March 21, 2023. “They came telling to vacate so quickly that the government wanted to use the site (his land).” Barikende says he has since gone through a lot of hardships to keep his family alive since he can no ...

TotalEnergies, the French oil major has further restated its commitment to extract Uganda’s oil despite environmental concerns by climate activists. The company has been under intense pressure to abandon the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project as well as the Tilenga development project in the Albertine Graben. TotalEnergie’s CEO and chairman Patrick Jean Pouyanné however said oil projects in Uganda, the Middle East, and Brazil will continue but in accordance with the firm’s climate action commitment. On investments in the Middle East, he noted that “I often say that the last drop of oil will be produced there. So positioning the company in these countries is a way to protect the portfolio and to be able to continue to maintain the cash and run of this portfolio.” Pouyanné's mad...