The East African
Thursday February 25 2021
A Total oil platform in Angola. French oil major Total and its affiliate East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) have invited bids for various services in Uganda and Tanzania. FILE PHOTO | AFP
Summary
The tenders target Uganda and Tanzania-based firms to compete across 10 categories of offers.
Total Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne says Uganda project will have first oil in 2024.
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Ugandan players keen on a slice of oil and gas deals through local content provisions, with an estimated $8 billion to $10 billion worth of investment expected to flow into the country upon final signature is done
Daily Monitor
Thursday February 18 2021
Companies such as Bemuga have been building capacity to benefit from the oil sector once production starts. PHOTO | FILE
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The governments of Tanzania and Uganda have belatedly begun to build capacities of micro, small and medium scale enterprises seeking to benefit from the $ 3.5b East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project.
The project, which includes training is funded by the African Development Bank at a cost of $500,000.
About two years ago oil investors placed huge technical and financial demands - requiring governments to produce required talent on one hand and goods and services that meet international standards and the needs of oil companies on the other hand.
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