Uganda Gives 3 Big Firms Deadline for 2020 Oil Target

 The energy minister, Irene Muloni, has revealed that the government made the announcement to the oil joint venture partners, France's Total E&P, UK's Tullow Oil and China'c Cnooc.

An expert watches a flaring experiment at one of the wells in the Albertine Graben. Government is looking to establish a refinery as well as a pipeline to transport oil for trade.

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