Uganda To Start Drilling First Oil Well

On Jan 24, 2023

The Uganda government says it will start drilling its first oil well in the Kingfisher oil field.

It is hoped that by 2025 the first of a potential 1.4 billion barrels of oil will be pumped from wells across the mid-western region.

“Today we mark another milestone and move a step closer to first oil with the launch of the drilling of development and production wells for the Kingfisher oil fields,” the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, PAU said on Twitter.

Today we mark another milestone and move a step closer to first oil with the launch of the drilling of development and production wells for the Kingfisher oil fields.
H.E @KagutaMuseveni is the Chief Guest at the Spudding (drilling) campaign launch. @CNOOCUgandaLtd @MEMD_Uganda pic.twitter.com/YkwjeHVG3u

— PAU_Uganda (@PAU_Uganda) January 24, 2023

Meanwhile, President Yoweri Museveni is due to officiate the event.

The Kingfisher oil field is operated by China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation, CNOOC while the second Tilenga oil field is operated by France’s TotalEnergies.

BBC/Modinat Osanyinpeju