Uganda: New Dawn As Uganda, Oil Firms Seal Deal to Kick Off Production

The government of Uganda and international oil firms--French Total E&P, and China's Cnooc have today signed off four key agreements for commercialisation of the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), bringing to end years of protracted negotiations and setting on course Uganda's oil project for the next phases of development and production by earliest 2025.

The high-level signing ceremony at State House, Entebbe, will be attended by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, and the French oil giant, Total SA's chief executive, Patrick Pouyanne.

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