Petroleum Exploration Licenses

Pursuant to Section 53 (1) of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 2013, the Minister with approval of Cabinet announced areas open for bidding for petroleum exploration licenses. Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development therefore is preparing for the competitive licensing of the announced areas. This licensing round will cover five blocks in the Albertine Graben which is Uganda’s most prospective sedimentary basin. Download file

Grid Expansion and Reinforcement Project (GERP)

In order to drive economic development, the Government of Uganda (GOU) has identified key focus areas in the Energy Sector in the National Development Plan (NDP) II. This includes increasing power generation, expanding the electricity transmission and distribution grid networks, increasing energy efficiency, promoting the use of alternative sources of energy, and strengthening the policy, legal and institutional framework.

Uganda's second Oil and Gas licensing round

The country’s second oil and gas licensing round for the exploration of five blocks in the Albertine Graben – Uganda – aims to increase international investment into Uganda’s oil rich energy sector, with government expecting to sign Production Sharing Agreements and  issue exploration licenses to successful firms by December 2020.

The second licensing round is driven by factors including the establishment of additional petroleum resources and reserves, the current high price of crude oil, interest in investing in the country’s oil and gas sector, a conducive investment climate and minimal geological and commercial risk. Download file

Uganda Energy Access Scale-Up Project (EASP)

The Government of Uganda (GoU), with support from the World Bank, is preparing the Uganda Energy Access Scale-up Project (EASP).  The proposed EASP will support GoU’s efforts to scale-up access to electricity for households, refugee and host communities, industrial parks, commercial enterprises and public institutions, so as to spur socio-economic transformation, in line with Uganda’s Vision 2040 and other Government policies.   EASP activities will build on earlier Government initiatives, in the energy sector, to support the expansion and strengthening of the electricity distribution network, scale-up service connections within the network, and increase access to off-grid electricity in refugee settlements and their host communities, and to clean cooking services outside the electricity distribution network. Read more