Is Tullow Oil Pulling the Plug on Uganda Venture?

Speculation is rife that the firm will be leaving the country, after its announcement that it is scaling down its stake in oil development, shedding nearly two thirds of its holdings to rival firm Total E&P for U.S.$900 million.

Uganda’s oil: Commercial discoveries of oil reserves have been made in a number of areas including, but not limited to, Butiaba, Ngassa, Kaiso-Tonya, Kingfisher, among others. Despite Tullow Oil’s numerous contribution towards these discoveries, the oil firm has started to ease out of Uganda through sale of its stake.

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