Oil pipeline caught in EU feud with Total, Museveni
President Museveni commissions the Legacy Publication on Uganda’s journey to first oil to commemorate the announcement of Final Investment Decision at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala on February 2. Front row, left, is Tanzania Vice President Philip Mpango, Minister of Energy Ruth Nankabirwa (2nd right), and TotalEnergies SE chairman and chief executive officer Patrick Pouyanne (right). Back row, left to right, is UNOC CEO Proscovia Nabbanja, president of CNOOC Uganda Ltd Chen Zhiobiao, Tanzania minister of Energy January Makamba, and TotalEnergies EP General Manager Philipe Grouex. PHOTO / NMG
President Museveni asserted on Friday that development of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will go on as planned to allow commercial oil production to start within the projected time frame of 2025.
After telling his ruling NRM party caucus as much at Kololo Independence Grounds on Friday, the President took to Twitter to tell the country that the under fire French oil giant Total Energies SE—the lead on the EACOP—are contractually bound on the $3.8b (Shs14 trillion) project.
