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the principles of social and distributive justice, which led to legislative
reforms. The legislative reforms are discussed in Chapter 3.
11.2.3 SLO Issues in Oil and Gas in Uganda
Commercial discovery of oil in Uganda was made in 2006 with about
6.5 billion barrels of oil reserves and 1.4 billion barrels estimated to
be economically recoverable.
34 The major players in the oil and gas
market are France’s Total E&P Uganda, the UK’s Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Limited and China’s China National Offshore Oil Corporation
(CNOOC).
35 Uganda is landlocked, and for the export of oil, Uganda
entered into an IGA with Tanzania on May 19, 2017, for the construction of the 1,443 km EACOP crude oil pipeline from Hoima in
Ugandan to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.
36
In terms of SLO, there have been conflicts between the Tullow
Oil/TOTAL joint venture (investors) and the local community around
the Lake Albert Rift Basin. Broadly, these issues have involved land
grabbing, population displacement, lack of/inadequate compensation,
violations of human rights, pollution and threat to wildlife. Since the
commencement of petroleum operations in the region, there have been
various incidences of community unrest demonstrated through: blockades; lawsuits and other forms of judicial activism; objections to the
Environmental Impact Assessment; street protests and refusal of compensation.
37 Further, local residents were pushing for compensation for the
problems caused by the waste dumping in the local game park and
in inhabited areas. There has also been conflict between oil extraction
34 The bulk of the discovery is located mostly in Albertine Graben, in Uganda’s western border
with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
35 ‘Uganda—Oil and Gas | Export.Gov’ (Export.gov, 2019). https://www.export.gov/article?id=
Uganda-Oil-and-Gas, accessed May 27, 2020.
36 This is discussed in detail in the Tanzania section above.
37 EJAtlas. 2015. “Oil Exploitation Conflict in Buliisa District, Uganda | EJAtlas”. Environmental Justice Atlas. https://ejatlas.org/conflict/land-acquisition-conflict-and-waste-dumping-inbuliisa-district.
‘Oil Exploitation Conflict in Buliisa District, Uganda | Ejatlas’ (Environmental Justice Atlas,
2015). https://ejatlas.org/conflict/land-acquisition-conflict-and-waste-dumping-in-buliisa-district,
accessed January 6, 2020.
W. Karanja and N. Njenga
the principles of social and distributive justice, which led to legislative
reforms. The legislative reforms are discussed in Chapter 3.
11.2.3 SLO Issues in Oil and Gas in Uganda
Commercial discovery of oil in Uganda was made in 2006 with about
6.5 billion barrels of oil reserves and 1.4 billion barrels estimated to
be economically recoverable.
34 The major players in the oil and gas
market are France’s Total E&P Uganda, the UK’s Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Limited and China’s China National Offshore Oil Corporation
(CNOOC).
35 Uganda is landlocked, and for the export of oil, Uganda
entered into an IGA with Tanzania on May 19, 2017, for the construction of the 1,443 km EACOP crude oil pipeline from Hoima in
Ugandan to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.
36
In terms of SLO, there have been conflicts between the Tullow
Oil/TOTAL joint venture (investors) and the local community around
the Lake Albert Rift Basin. Broadly, these issues have involved land
grabbing, population displacement, lack of/inadequate compensation,
violations of human rights, pollution and threat to wildlife. Since the
commencement of petroleum operations in the region, there have been
various incidences of community unrest demonstrated through: blockades; lawsuits and other forms of judicial activism; objections to the
Environmental Impact Assessment; street protests and refusal of compensation.
37 Further, local residents were pushing for compensation for the
problems caused by the waste dumping in the local game park and
in inhabited areas. There has also been conflict between oil extraction
34 The bulk of the discovery is located mostly in Albertine Graben, in Uganda’s western border
with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
35 ‘Uganda—Oil and Gas | Export.Gov’ (Export.gov, 2019). https://www.export.gov/article?id=
Uganda-Oil-and-Gas, accessed May 27, 2020.
36 This is discussed in detail in the Tanzania section above.
37 EJAtlas. 2015. “Oil Exploitation Conflict in Buliisa District, Uganda | EJAtlas”. Environmental Justice Atlas. https://ejatlas.org/conflict/land-acquisition-conflict-and-waste-dumping-inbuliisa-district.
‘Oil Exploitation Conflict in Buliisa District, Uganda | Ejatlas’ (Environmental Justice Atlas,
2015). https://ejatlas.org/conflict/land-acquisition-conflict-and-waste-dumping-in-buliisa-district,
accessed January 6, 2020.