NGOs file suit against Total over Uganda oil project

A Total oil facility. The French energy giant has been sued over an oil field project in Uganda. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Six NGOs sue Total over Uganda oil project, accuse it of failing to avert "disastrous impacts" for local residents and biodiversity.
  • Total plans to drill 419 wells near Lake Albert in western Uganda for the Tilenga project, which could produce some 200,000 barrels of crude a day.
  • In total, four French NGOs and two based in Uganda filed the suit.

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