Total E&P Uganda
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{{Infobox company
| name = TotalEnergies EP Uganda
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| type = Subsidiary of a Public limited company
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| foundation = 2010
| key_people= Loic Laurande
(chief executive officer)
Adewale Fayemi
(general manager)
| location = Kampala, Uganda
| industry = Oil and gas exploration
| products = Oil and natural gas
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| parent = Total S.A.
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| homepage = [http://ug.total.com/en/ Homepage]
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TotalEnergies EP Uganda (TEPU) is an oil and gas exploration company in Uganda. It is a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SA, the multinational oil, gas, and petrochemical conglomerate headquartered in Paris, France.{{cite web | accessdate=21 March 2016 | url=http://ug.total.com/en/total-uganda/total-uganda | date=21 March 2016 | title=Total E&P Uganda: Pioneering new technology in East Africa | last=TOTAL | publisher=Total Uganda (TOTAL)}} It is separate from another Ugandan subsidiary, TotalEnergies M&S Uganda, which is responsible for marketing and services and has been in the country since 1955.{{cite web | url=http://ug.total.com/en/total-uganda/total-uganda | date=21 March 2016 | accessdate=21 March 2016 | title=Total M&S Uganda: 60 years and growing | publisher=Total Uganda (TOTAL) | last=TOTAL}}
Location
The headquarters of TEPU are located on the 5th Floor, Course View Towers, at 21 Yusuf Lule Road, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{cite web | url=http://www.investin.info/company/total-ep-uganda | title=Location of Total E&P Uganda Headquarters | last=INVI | publisher=Investin.info (INVI) | accessdate=21 March 2016 | date=21 March 2016}}
History
TEPU was founded in 2010.{{cite web | accessdate=21 March 2016 | url=http://ug.total.com/en/total-uganda/total-uganda| title=Total in Uganda | date=21 March 2016 | publisher=Toal in Uganda (TOTAL) | last=TOTAL}} It began operations on 21 February 2012 when Tullow Oil completed a farm down of two thirds of its interests to Total S.A. and CNOOC for US$2.9 billion.{{cite web | accessdate=21 March 2016 | date=30 March 2011 | url=http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Tullow-Oil-says-Total-CNOOC-buy-Uganda-assets-for--29bn/-/996/1135546/-/b76sliz/-/index.html |title=Tullow Oil says Total, CNOOC buy Uganda assets for $2.9 billion |
work=Daily Nation Quoting Agence France-Presse | author=Agence France-Presse}}
TEPU, along with partner CNOOC, continues to work with the Ugandan government on the development plan for the Albertine Grabben, which will include an oil refinery in Uganda and an export crude oil pipeline.{{cite web |work=The Independent (Uganda) |date=26 October 2015 |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/fight-oil-pipeline/ | title=−Fight over oil pipeline |author=Ronald Musoke |
access-date=24 August 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}
Operations
Total E&P Uganda (TEPU) is working in Exploration Area 1 (EA-1) and Exploration Area 1A (EA-1A) within the Albertine Region, Lake Albert.{{cite web | url=http://www.oilinuganda.org/features/environment/we-have-the-expertise-to-pull-it-off-total.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002222937/http://www.oilinuganda.org/features/environment/we-have-the-expertise-to-pull-it-off-total.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 October 2014 |title=We have the expertise to pull it off - Total |date=3 September 2014 |access-date=21 March 2016 | publisher=Oil In Uganda (OIU) | last=Interview | location=Kampala}} A significant portion of these areas lie within the confines of Murchison Falls National Park. TEPU s playing a leading role in coordinating the planning and execution of the export crude oil pipeline from Lake Albert to the Indian Ocean coast.{{citation | newspaper=East African Business Week |author=Sam Okwakol | url=http://www.busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=4328&pLv=3&srI=53&spI=20| title=Tanzania signs oil pipeline MoU with Uganda |access-date=18 March 2016 |date=21 October 2015 | location=Kampala}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|
url=http://mobile.monitor.co.ug/Business/Business/Total-readies-Shs13-trillion-for-oil-pipeline-development/-/2471018/3118484/-/format/xhtml/-/3ktpgkz/-/index.html |title=Total readies Shs13 trillion for oil pipeline development |work=Daily Monitor |date=16 March 2016 | author=Frederic Musisi |access-date=21 March 2016 | location=Kampala, Uganda}} On 30 August 2016, TEPU was awarded three production licenses by the government of Uganda. This paved the way for the final investment decision within the following 18 months by TEPU and its partners, with field oil expected in 2020.{{cite web |date=30 August 2016 |
url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Uganda-issues-8-production-licences-to-Tullow-Oil-and-Total/2558-3363216-mf7ksy/index.html |title=Uganda issues 8 production licences to Tullow Oil, Total |work=The EastAfrican |access-date=30 August 2016 |author=Halima Abdallah |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}
In March 2018, TEPU, in collaboration with the German Cooperation Agency (GIZ), hired Q-Sourcing, a project management and human resource company, to carry out advanced welding training for the first 200 specialist welders destined to work on the Uganda Oil Refinery and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, in which Total SA maintained shareholding.{{cite web |work=Daily Monitor | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/200-wielders-train-work-oil-refinery/688322-4340248-sn0abe/index.html |title=200 wielders to train for work on oil refinery |date=14 March 2018 | author=Frederic Musisi |access-date=15 March 2018 | location=Kampala, Uganda}}
In June 2021, TEPU awarded contracts worth US$1.9 billion to five subcontractor companies, to perform further work in the Tilenga Area of the Albertine Graben, in preparation for the first commercial oil expected in 2025.{{cite web| url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/total-awards-1-9b-oil-project-deal-to-british-chinese-firms-3438216 | title=Total awards $1.9b oil project deal to British, Chinese firms |work=The EastAfrican |author=Julius Barigaba | date=15 June 2021 |access-date=16 June 2021 |location=Nairobi, Kenya}} In August 2022, the first of three oil rigs ordered by Total Energies, named ZPEB Rig 1501, underwent successful stress testing at the manufacturing plant in China. Shipment from China to Buliisa and finally to the Tilenga drilling area was expected to take three months.{{cite web| url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/total-energies-secures-first-oil-rig-3924894 |title=Total Energies Secures First Oil Rig |work=Daily Monitor |date=24 August 2022 |author=Paul Murungi |access-date=24 August 2022 | location=Kampala, Uganda}}
Philanthropy
In November 2015, following the outbreak of cholera along the landing sites of the eastern shores of Lake Albert, TEPU donated an assortment of medical supplies to the districts of Buliisa, Hoima, and Masindi to assist in the fight against the epidemic. The donated items included 600 disposable gowns, gum boots, bottles of antiseptic scrub, disinfectant, intravenous fluids, and disposable gloves. The local health officer pointed out that the ultimate solution was to improve sanitation amongst the fishing villages.{{cite web | url=http://www.chimpreports.com/total-ep-uganda-boosts-hoima-buliisa-efforts-to-fight-cholera/ | title=Total E&P Uganda Boosts Hoima, Buliisa Efforts to Fight Cholera | accessdate=21 March 2016 | first=Pat Robert | last=Larubi | date=6 November 2015 | publisher=Chimpreports.com | location=Kampala}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://ug.total.com/en}}
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Category:Energy companies established in 2010