Entries by Hussein Boffu

The Ultimate Guide On Process, Costs, and Timeline For Undertaking Environment Impact Assessment(EIA) For Building Petrol Stations in Tanzania

One of the essential regulatory requirements to build a petrol station in Tanzania is to carry out an environmental impact assessment(EIA) on your proposed petrol station site. Through EIA, you can obtain an EIA Certificate, which is mandatory by law for any project or investment. Like any other environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) for […]

Strong Demand For Drilling: Four Lucrative Oil and Gas Drilling Opportunities in Tanzania and East Africa

Emerging economies with rising populations like Tanzania and East Africa demand more energy. Increasing international investments is also essential for oil and gas drilling projects in Tanzania and East Africa. Causing oil and gas companies to seek expansion of their access to resources. Currently, there is a lot of hype surrounding the idea of alternative […]

The Race For East Africa Oil and Gas Has Well and Truly Begun.

Three events in the last few months indicate the start of a new international oil and gas rush to East Africa. In April 2021, TotalEnergies, CNOOC, Tanzania, and Uganda signed agreements to develop Ugandan Kingfisher, Tilenga projects and the cross-country East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)project. This agreement includes Host Government Agreement, the Share Holding […]

The Future Oil and Gas Exploration In East Africa

Let’s look at oil and gas exploration in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Mozambique. I have followed oil and gas exploration in East Africa for over ten  years. Since 2015 there has been a downturn in the oil and gas sector in East Africa that mirror the global downturn resulting from low oil […]

Updates on Oil and Gas Development Projects: EACOP, TILENGA, KINGFISHER

1.EACOP: The EACOP will require a USD 3.5-billion investment for a 1,440-kilometre, 216,000-bopd capacity pipeline that will export crude oil from Kabaale in western Uganda to the port of Tanga. The EACOP will be the world’s longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline, allowing the transportation of Uganda’s high-viscosity oil. The pipeline will be managed by the […]