New report on Uganda oilfield rattles industry

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The Kingfisher Oil Field in Kikuube, Uganda. PHOTO | XINHUA

Oil industry players involved in Uganda’s extraction project in the Albertine Basin have been rattled after a damning new report on the environmental conservation of the area, just as officials were seeking financing in China.

It came as Uganda’s oil project leaders looked for money, possibly from the Chinese lenders, for the crude oil pipeline meant to run from the Albertine Basin to the coast of Tanzania, to help Uganda export its oil.