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Furthermore, TotalEnergies is committed to implementing action plans that will have a net positive impact on biodiversity as part of the implementation of these projects. In close liaison with the authorities and stakeholders concerned with nature conservation in Uganda and Tanzania, these action plans will be implemented in collaboration with neighboring communities and under the supervision of an independent institution.

Other Ministers who were part of the delegation included, Owek Phillip Katahoire, the Minister of External Relations and Owek Jackson Byaruhanga, the Minister of Natural Resource.  They were also joined by Rt. Hon, Isaac Kalembe, the speaker and his eight members of Oil and Gas committee.

The South African High Commissioner to Uganda visited Kasemene-1, from where Basiiama explained to the team that this was one of the first successful wells drilled by Tullow. The well was plugged and abandoned.

TotalEnergies EP Uganda partnered with Ugandan service providers; Solid Rock Life and Business, Sunmaker Energy Uganda Limited and the Training Assessment and Skilling Center (TASC), to undertake welding training and certification to international standards.

TotalEnergies EP Uganda’s A’Level sponsored students have excelled in the 2020 UACE exams whose results were announced on 20th August 2021 by the Minister of Education and sports, Hon Janet Museveni. The students who were sponsored as part of the Company’s education program targeting brilliant scholars from the districts within the Tilenga project attained excellent grades that will enable them to pursue further studies in higher institutions of learning.

The minister also made a stopover at the Kasemene-1 where she inspected the Bitutainers containing crude oil from well testing carried out during the exploration & appraisal phase. To conclude her tour to the Tilenga project site, the Minister thanked Total Energies for its continued support to Uganda’s Oil and Gas sector despite the numerous challenges to include the drop in global oil prices and the COVID- 19 pandemic’s impact on business operations worldwide. 

MANAGING DIRECTOR'S CHINESE NEW YEAR MESSAGE

"Our wish from Total Uganda is that we and you, our partners and friends alike will walk together as we harness the energies between us to make 2021 a healthier, more wholesome and prosperous year!

"We have today reached major milestones which pave the way to the Final Investment Decision in the coming months.  We now look forward to concluding a similar HGA with the Government of Tanzania and to completing the tendering process for all major engineering, procurement and construction contracts." expressed Pierre Jessua, Managing Director of Total E&P Uganda.