Following consistent and resilient efforts, Uganda made its first commercial oil discovery in 2006. Since then, Government has worked with licensed oil companies to study and further define the petroleum (oil and gas) fields within the Albertine Graben (Uganda¡¯s rift valley basin along the western boarder of the country).
Will a crude oil pipeline be built from Lokichar to Lamu Port?
As such considerations are being made to commence construction of crude oil pipeline from Lokichar to Lamu Port to evacuate Kenyan oil as more preparations are made to complete negotiations on the construction of joining crude oil pipelines from Uganda and South Sudan oil fields.
Are South Sudan and Kenya preparing for the LAPSSET Corridor crude oil pipeline?
As a result, the governments of South Sudan and Kenya are preparing for the admission of the Uganda Crude Oil Pipeline component into the LAPSSET Corridor Crude Oil Pipeline Project.
Should Lamu-Lokichar Road be built alongside the crude oil pipeline?
In order to support the development of the crude oil pipeline, the Government has identified the need to simultaneously construct the Lamu-Lokichar Road alongside the pipeline.